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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Without changing his half-reclining posture, the Shawanoe drew forth his small Bible from the inner pocket of his hunting shirt, the other watching with amazement the action.
From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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 Bert Harte
I lay half-reclining in the cart, holding the reins lazily, and allowing the animal to go just where he pleased, often wondering where he would conduct me.
From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by William Knapp
She was half-seated, half-reclining upon a robe of wolfskins.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
A bed had been made up on the leather sofa on the other side and Maximov lay, half-reclining, on it.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
