be supine
Example Sentences
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So if Congress promises to be supine, what of the supreme court, surely the ultimate restraint?
From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2016
And in the middle, so laid-back as to be supine, was Dino -- on the cutting edge of lumpen-American mediocrity.
From Time Magazine Archive
To get along with the general," says one lieutenant, "you don't have to be supine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Philip having done his own part, did not feel it incumbent on him to risk a battle with inferior numbers, when those who were more nearly concerned were contented to be supine.
From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Rhys, Ernest
Do not be supine; do not yield yourself to the forces; they are there to call out your energies by opposition and you must not sink down on the floor of the chariot.
From Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 by Besant, Annie Wood
