reclined; reclining
: to cause or permit to incline backwards
Examples of recline in a Sentence
She was reclining on the sofa, watching TV.
The theater has reclining seats.
He reclined his seat so that he could nap more comfortably.
Recent Examples on the Web
Along the northern horizon, the Oscura mountain range reclined like a brown walrus in the sunlight.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
In the former, a topless man half reclines on a twin bed—a latter-day Madame Récamier.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Some budget airlines also don't allow seats to recline.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2024
Although conventional, lever-pull gaming chairs can recline to nearly any angle, less bulky lean-back gaming chairs usually have points that can be set to limit or lock the reclining angle.
—PCMAG, 10 July 2024
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
In the former, a topless man half reclines on a twin bed—a latter-day Madame Récamier.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Some budget airlines also don't allow seats to recline.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2024
Although conventional, lever-pull gaming chairs can recline to nearly any angle, less bulky lean-back gaming chairs usually have points that can be set to limit or lock the reclining angle.
—PCMAG, 10 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for recline
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“Recline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recline. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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recline
verb
re·cline
ri-ˈklīn 
reclined; reclining
1
: to lean or cause to lean backwards
2
: repose entry 1 sense 2, lie
reclining on the sofa
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