recesses

Example Sentences

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Dressed in a pale pink dress, white shoes and matching purse, Gloria, gracefully portrayed by Liv O’Donoghue, routinely sweeps her arms and tidily recrosses her legs, as if she’s aware she’s being watched.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022

Powerfully, exhilaratingly, she jumps down a diagonal and then recrosses the stage in a series of glorious off-balance steps.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2015

The assistant director crosses and recrosses his legs.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Piper recrosses her arms in front of her chest.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

The steamer settles to the guards with her precious cargo of human life; recrosses the river in safety.

From My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Coffin, Charles Carleton