RECLINE in a Sentence

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42 example sentences for RECLINE, such as:

1. He reclined on the sofa reading a magazine.
2. He lay back in the reclining chair and went to sleep.
3. The artist asked his model to take a reclining posture.
4. Edna was tired by that time, and was reclining on the lounge before the fire.
5. At the next moment he resumed his quiet and reclining attitude against the post.

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 Meanings and Examples of RECLINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
recline
 v.  cause or permit to lean, incline, rest; place in a recumbent position
Classic Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1  Trumpet to mouth, the old man was standing in his hoisted quarter-boat, his ivory leg plainly revealed to the stranger captain, who was carelessly reclining in his own boat's bow.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.
2  Robert was out there under the shed, reclining in the shade against the sloping keel of the overturned boat.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIII
3  Edna was tired by that time, and was reclining on the lounge before the fire.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVII
4  He was reclining far back in the luxurious chair, holding a glass of champagne to the light.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
5  At the next moment he resumed his quiet and reclining attitude against the post.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
6  Uncas occupied a distant corner, in a reclining attitude, being rigidly bound, both hands and feet, by strong and painful withes.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
7  A tall, dark-eyed, sallow woman, half rose from a couch on which she was reclining.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  She found Marie reclining at length upon a lounge, supporting herself on one elbow by pillows, while Jane, who had been out shopping, was displaying before her certain samples of thin black stuffs.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  The constable looked as wise as he could, and took up his staff of office: which had been reclining indolently in the chimney-corner.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  Eustacia did not recognize Mrs. Yeobright in the reclining figure, nor Clym as one of the standers-by till she came close.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 8 Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
11  Round him upon the slopes of the Barrow a number of heathmen and women were reclining or sitting at their ease.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
12  Lady Brackenstall was reclining on the same couch, but looked brighter than before.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
13  Marius, resting on his elbow on his reclining chair, Cosette standing beside him.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER TH...
14  He found Athos reclining upon a large sofa, where he was waiting, as he said, for his outfit to come and find him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 30 D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN
15  Milady, reclining in an armchair near the chimney, beautiful, pale, and resigned, looked like a holy virgin awaiting martyrdom.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 53 CAPTIVITY: THE SECOND DAY
Example Sentence:
1  Boys recline lazily on the cushions; they have no any sleep in 24 hours.
2  The artist asked his model to take a reclining posture.
3  He lay back in the reclining chair and went to sleep.
4  He reclined on the sofa reading a magazine.
5  Couch potatoes lead an indolent life lying back on their Lazyboy recliners watching Tv.