recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
have been reclining
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present perfect progressiveof recline.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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By his own admission, no player has had more questions than J. R. Smith, who might as well have been reclining in a psychiatrist’s office when he spoke with reporters last week.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2014
On the top have been reclining figures of a male and female, and at the sides combats of warriors.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by W. Blanchard Jerrold
So I have been reclining at peace for most of the day with my foot up and my eyes attached to the prodigious Madeleine.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
