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

A man will meet pain or danger boldly if he be standing upright—occupying that erect position which is his as Lord of Creation; but his courage does not well so high if he be supine.

From True Irish Ghost Stories by Seymour, St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt)

Sometimes, too, he wishes for wealth, but it is only that he might be supine.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny