recline
verb (used without object)
to lean or lie back; rest in a recumbent position.
have reclined
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present perfectof recline.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The fishermen waiting to pull up the nets have reclined on the deck of the “Armchair” and are dozing off.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
I have reclined on couches, on chairs, and on the floor.
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
When I have reclined for a few minutes, with my eyes closed, and when Louis has refreshed my poor aching temples with a little eau-de-Cologne, I may be able to proceed.
From The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
I would gladly have gone into my cave, would gladly have reclined on my mat, have looked up at the blue sky, and down into the beautiful, sea, that tells me such wondrous stories.
From Mohammed Ali and His House by Mrs. Chapman Coleman
The company would fain have reclined upon the sward on the slope of the hill, opposite to the outstretched landscape, had they not feared the dampness of the earth.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
