recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
half-reclining
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a word derived from
recline.
Example Sentences
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The ladies were there, but Nora was half-reclining on a couch, and seemed rather miserable.
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille
Flora was placed in a sitting, half-reclining posture, propped up by pillows.
From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest
She was half-seated, half-reclining upon a robe of wolfskins.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
The old man sat up from his half-reclining attitude, and methought for a moment that an amused smile crept over his face.
From Tales of Destiny by Edmund Mitchell
He was posed in his favorite attitude, half-sitting, half-reclining among the cushions on a low couch of red fox skins.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Barrett Willoughby
