leaning

Example Sentences

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The more that the likes of Robbins and Sandberg and Witherspoon warn that women miss the AI train at their peril, the more it seems like the new Leaning In.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Leaning across the center console, he flung open the passenger door.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Leaning against a wall near a news-stand in central Rome, Tommaso Silvestri, 65, scans the morning's front pages, their headlines swinging between "apocalypse," "scandal" and "disaster" after Italy's latest footballing collapse.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

I dutifully photographed the Leaning Tower of Pisa, for example, but what I remember most from that day is chatting with the African migrants selling selfie sticks in the surrounding streets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Leaning back in the booth, I can tell he’s pretending calm.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes