Vocabulary lists containing supinely
Example Sentences
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Act too supinely and it could alienate voters who, polls show, are growing increasingly incensed at the friendly fire pouring out from Washington, said Peter Matuschek, director of Germany’s Forsa polling group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Mencken, slipped supinely into the estate and dignity of a golf player.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
But supinely accepting his silence threatens to normalize the distinctly abnormal.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2017
He charges that the union has grown undemocratic and unresponsive to its members and that it has supinely allowed jobs to be lost to automation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Instead of making your purchases, you are only listening supinely to our friend!
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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