reclined

past tense of recline

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclined
Verb
  • However, Fred steals Velma's thunder when the scales are tilted in her favor to take back control.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The whole three-screen assembly can also be tilted toward or away from you, and the base can be set and locked in any of three positions to raise or lower the assembly.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More recently, the trend has leaned even more surreal, even into the grotesque.
    Emily Johnson, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Toyota leaned hard into heritage styling cues, adding those tri-color red, orange and yellow stripes that are a nod back to Baja racing.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There were also reports that the two slept on separate beds at Windsor Castle.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Loli already inside the apartment, watching from the window as her mother slept.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Thus, despite the science, people are often inclined toward undue optimism about the climate or toward skepticism or even outright denial.
    John M. Crisp, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • After celebrating such a milestone life event with her now husband, she may be inclined to wear white for the foreseeable future.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Usually, the question was couched in politeness, but my students (bless them) had not yet learned to be subtle.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Particularly dangerous is that some of this language has been couched in religious terms, which turns political conflicts into identity ones that are far more difficult to resolve.
    Darren Kew, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lucy tipped onto his shoulder but didn’t reply.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Restaurant servers, drivers for ride-hailing services, barbers and other tipped workers making less than $150,000 a year could deduct up to $25,000 in tips from their federal income taxes starting this tax year and through 2028.
    CalMatters, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So Ronny sat up front while Cali dozed in the back, and the trio didn’t speak as the truck cut through the morning.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The centerpiece of that miserly backline, Gianluca Mancini (no relation to Roberto), nodded home his first international goal to put the gloss on Italy’s 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Israel on Tuesday.
    Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The couple nodded in agreement.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Reclined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclined. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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