recline

Example Sentences

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Recline on a daybed with an old book, and forget which decade it is.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2015

The Recline and Fall of Western Civilization Tilting your seat back on an airplane is pure evil.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2013

There, flocking in, the Trojans and their King Recline on purple coverlets outspread.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Recline, rē-klīn′, v.t. to lean or bend backwards: to lean to or on one side.—v.i. to lean: to rest or repose.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Thou shall with thy Videhan spouse Recline upon the mountain's brows; Be mine the toil, be mine to keep Watch o'er thee waking or asleep.”

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)