Example Sentences

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So I stepped on to the floor, reeling dizzily from my enforced recumbence, and knelt by the side of the bed.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest

Casting eye of caution at recumbence, she paddled across the carpet and anon swam out over the snow.

From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

The consequences of these conditions must be the recumbence of the folds formed under the crust-stress, and their _déferlement_ towards the north.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

The lungs are normal, except from complications following drenching or recumbence for a long period.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.