Example Sentences
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Mencken, slipped supinely into the estate and dignity of a golf player.
From Salon
Hewitt didn’t explain why a teacher shouldn’t retire with as much as a colonel; he just counted on McConnell agreeing supinely.
From Los Angeles Times
Are Congress’s constitutional powers regarding war so atrophied that it supinely hopes for mere post facto notification?
From Washington Post
But supinely accepting his silence threatens to normalize the distinctly abnormal.
From Washington Post
What is most notable in all the comment is the absence of protest over the censorship imposed by the White House on the TV-radio networks—a censorship which the networks have supinely accepted.
From Time
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