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

The Count removed his hands from the shoulders on which they had reclined so cordially.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

Mariana, who had reclined herself by the side of Adrian, took up the lute, and, after a short prelude, sung the words thus imperfectly translated:— The Song of the Florentine Lady.

From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

For eight years she had reclined in laces and ribbons, amid velvet, gilding, ivory, bronzes and flowers.

From The Awakening The Resurrection by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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