half-reclining
- a word derived from recline.
Example Sentences
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I lay in a half-reclining posture, my head almost against her hip.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry
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 De Mille, James
Instead, however, there, half-reclining on a sofa, and reading, or pretending to read, was a young and lovely girl.
From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Later he saw that the sofa was occupied by a half-reclining figure, whose face was partly hidden by a fan, and the white folds of whose skirt fell in graceful curves to the floor.
From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert
She was there half-reclining upon a sofa, her face buried in the cushions.
From Elsie's Womanhood by Finley, Martha
