RECUMBENT in a Sentence

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For RECUMBENT, below is one of 7 sentences:
So saying, he stooped over the bed of the recumbent swineherd, and whispered something in his ear in Saxon.

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 Meanings and Examples of RECUMBENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
recumbent
 a.  reclining; lying down completely or in part
Classic Sentence:
1  Accordingly, they went down to the drawing-room, where the esteemed lady with no nonsense about her, was recumbent as usual, while Sissy worked beside her.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
2  So saying, he stooped over the bed of the recumbent swineherd, and whispered something in his ear in Saxon.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  He moved a few steps in that direction, and now he perceived a recumbent figure almost close to his feet.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
4  For the most part, his task of reading was performed in a recumbent position in the anteroom; which circumstance ended by causing his mattress to become as ragged and as thin as a wafer.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
5  His difficulty was how best to assume a recumbent position.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  The command "AT EASE" does not permit you to take a recumbent position.
2  A sphinx is a mythological creature that is depicted as a recumbent feline with a human head.