recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
had reclined
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past perfectof recline.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had reclined too long on satin cushions, letting oxen bear her hither and yon.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
They could leave their farms and cottages, the shady rocks on which they had reclined, their herds and their garners; but nature yearned within them, and they would not be separated from their parents.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
The chair she had struck was that large one in which Robert Trenholme had reclined.
From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall
She had turned from him, and then had reclined wearily in the chair opposite him, whence she had been staring at him with a tormenting feeling of impotence.
From Making People Happy by Harrison Fisher
I could not account for the oppressive silence, for often before I had reclined at the foot of some forest giant, and experienced widely different feelings; all here seemed indescribably grand and ennobling.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
