half-reclined
- a word derived from recline.
Example Sentences
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As to Mrs. Bretton, my active godmother—who, I afterwards found, had been out in the open air all day—lay half-reclined in her deep-cushioned chair, actually lost in a nap.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
In a chair drawn to his partner's desk in the dusty office, he half-reclined, arms on the desk, his chin on his clenched fists.
From The Two Vanrevels by Tarkington, Booth
From behind the arm-chair in which the girl half-reclined Mrs. Earle caught the eye of the district attorney and shrugged her shoulders.
From The Frame Up by Davis, Richard Harding
Drawing-Room In a dress all softness and half-tones, Indolent and half-reclined, She lay upon a couch, With the firelight reflected in her jewels.
From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy
During all this the warrior remained as passive as the tree-roots against which he half-reclined.
From A Virginia Scout by Hutchison, D. C.
