recline

So will early boarding, overhead space or an advance seat assignment, even if it’s in the middle of the last row and doesn’t recline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

You ignore it picking up while you make your nest: secure the corners of your blanket, adjust your umbrella and finally, comfortably recline.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025

Others said it can get uncomfortable when passengers in front recline their seats too far back.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

“I have massive swelling in my legs from sleeping sitting up, because I can recline, but my legs — I can’t lay them all the way flat,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2023

I was glad I got to recline on the ground, because my knees were shaking so hard I was afraid that the Fatherland might faint right on the spot.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Covered in fractal patterns like “the symmetrical innards of a halved cabbage,” the giant humanoid insect reclines, “a god-sized man sleeping atop the quilt of the land.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

He reclines into his couch, one arm flung lazily behind his head, while the greens of his English garden sway in the waning summer light.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025

The nymph reclines on her side, resting on an urn, which in the past was used to send water into the banks of the lake below.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

Your seat reclines but does not lie flat.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022

“You have three hours, and don’t expect me to help. I’m studying for the SATs,” Maribel says, wadding squishy orange plugs into her ears as she takes out a laptop and reclines in her seat.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

I did, however, think about the various therapy offices I’ve sat or reclined in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

I got comfy and spent much of the trip with the seat reclined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

For a decade, my therapy appointments required a 30-minute train ride to a mid-rise medical office building in suburban Philadelphia, where I reclined on a black leather couch, grabbing the occasional Kleenex.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024

These rigs include everything you'd expect in your average F1 car, including a reclined seat, pedals and steering wheel in front of a big curved screen.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024

Victor went and reclined on the wicker lounge behind his mother’s chair, where he commanded a view of Edna’s face.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

New halls offer air conditioning, reclining seats and food delivered to the seat.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

“All achievements — straight A’s at the time — anything that could be rewarded was pooled to funds,” he said, reclining on a patio chair in the shade at Chargers headquarters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Earlier research has linked greater amounts of sedentary behavior, including sitting, reclining, or lying down while awake, with poorer health outcomes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

On Saturdays, a Sacramento clinic repurposes the reclining chairs reserved for patients recovering from abortion procedures for the people coming in for the IVs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

There are members of the crew reclining in velvet chairs, sipping neon-bright martinis with faraway eyes, and listening to a live band that plays smooth jazz.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman