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
But supinely accepting his silence threatens to normalize the distinctly abnormal.
From Washington Post
The changes link back to an expansive open-carry law passed in 2013 by state lawmakers who supinely do the will of the National Rifle Association, no matter how the organization’s dictates might imperil the public.
From Washington Times
We've offered up every detail of our lives to advertiser manipulation, voluntarily embraced a panopticonic existence of constant surveillance, and supinely allowed a bunch of techno-utopian Silicon Valley companies to guide and shape our behavior.
From Los Angeles Times
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