Example Sentences

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I got comfy and spent much of the trip with the seat reclined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

I reclined in the exam chair as Shalom parted my hair into sections and cleansed the area with an antiseptic liquid.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

For a decade, my therapy appointments required a 30-minute train ride to a mid-rise medical office building in suburban Philadelphia, where I reclined on a black leather couch, grabbing the occasional Kleenex.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2024

And this week a Hong Kong couple were banned by Cathay Pacific after tensions flared over a reclined seat.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

Once, she and I were clad as Venus, goddess of love, and her son Cupid, and we reclined in a bower.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson