recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
half-reclined
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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 Charlotte Brontë
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 Booth Tarkington
Outside, the Ramblin' Kid half-reclined on the edge of the porch.
From The Ramblin' Kid by Earl Wayland Bowman
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 Richard Harding Davis
During all this the warrior remained as passive as the tree-roots against which he half-reclined.
From A Virginia Scout by D. C. Hutchison
