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recline

[ri-klahyn] / rɪˈklaɪn /


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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

Recline so that the upper part of the body almost touches the mat, at the same time swinging the legs upward.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

Stranger! awhile upon this mossy bank Recline thee.

From Poems by Southey, Robert

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




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