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supine

[soo-pahyn, soo-pahyn] / suˈpaɪn, ˈsu paɪn /




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As Brent Griffiths at Business Insider explains, the "approach breaks people down into five types: Melancholy, Choleric, Sanguine, Supine, and Phlegmatic."

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023

Supine, I struggled to hold on to the present, to this sense of peace that has sustained me all year.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2021

Supine and groggy, I tap an index finger on three emojis — a bike, a bath tub and a bed.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2016

In April, police arrested Brendan Fagan, a street artist who goes by the alias of Judith Supine, after he installed artwork on the Queensboro Bridge farther up the East River at night.

From Reuters • Jul. 24, 2014

Supine, routed we rest; and above all, above the universe, is the silence of the Shadow.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James




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