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An image posted on her Instagram account shows the actress reclining on a hospital bed, scars, tattoos, and bandages on full display, accompanied by a description of yesterday’s procedure. — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, "Lena Dunham Gets Real About Her Latest Surgery—And the Gender Bias Around Women’s Health Issues," 17 Oct. 2018 There's a large blue woman reclining on the side of a mountain (see below) by Lita Albuquerque; a metallic mixed media piece that looks like recorders fused into a sink by Paul Barsch and Tilman Hornig; even a hive of honeybees. — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, "Art Safiental Is a Massive Sculpture Exhibit in the Swiss Alps," 10 Aug. 2018 For couch shoppers, the quality of such a piece of furniture may be determined by the ability to lazily recline in front of the TV, or curl up with a book, for long periods of time. — Chavie Lieber, Vox, "Let people hang out in your store and watch TV.," 3 Oct. 2018 And unlike on a living-room Xbox, gaming on a PC can’t be done while either physically or mentally reclined. — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, "How To Get Into the High-Powered World of Gaming PCs," 20 Sep. 2018 Throughout the afternoon, the woman, identified by federal officials as Therese Okoumou, waved what looked like a T-shirt and reclined in a crease of the statue’s robe. — New York Times, "Statue of Liberty Climber Upends Holiday for Thousands," 4 July 2018 Inside a nearby security booth, a guard reclined in her chair with her phone. — Dylan Hernandez, latimes.com, "Pushed to the Inland Empire by the high cost of living, LAFC's Benny Feilhaber learned to enjoy his hours-long commute by train," 8 June 2018 Each of the three third-row seats can be lowered with a push of the button, and third-row passengers are not relegated to third-rate status, because a button reclines their seats as well. — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, "2018 Lincoln Navigator outdoes Cadillac Escalade as most refined family hauler," 5 Mar. 2018 Seats on Ryanair planes, for instance, don’t recline, and the boarding process can be chaotic. — Dave Seminara, New York Times, "Sizing Up the Bargain Potential of One-Way Airfares," 27 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'recline.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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