recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
has been reclining
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present perfect progressiveof recline (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Rising, the amateur nature-lover finds he has been reclining on a puff-ball.
From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
