reclines

present tense third-person singular of recline

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reclines
Verb
  • Your 11th House of Friends tilts against routines as the instinctive Moon forms a quincunx to passionate Mars in your 6th House of Work.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2026
  • So instead of rotating with its axis straight up and down, the Earth tilts slightly to one side.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Pick your poison, babe, for a Swift-centric escape in the city that never sleeps.
    Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
  • The options range from a $200 blow-up stargazing tent to an $850 mini mansion that sleeps 12.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • On TikTok and Telegram, the group's original content leans into teenage angst, femininity and traditional gender roles.
    Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Season 5 leans into the series’ best qualities, trusting its cast of breakout stars to turn a relatively simple meal into an indelible final course.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Instead, the playbook is straightforward – identify a problem, then propose an overly restrictive governing scheme that couches the political favoritism as a beneficial expansion of the regulatory state.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Solow combined the properties to build 9 West 57th Street, one of midtown’s iconic office towers, with its imposing façade that slopes up and away from the street and sweeping views of Central Park available to anyone willing to pay some of the city’s highest office rents.
    Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026
  • One of my favorite choices is developing a dry creek bed that slopes away from a home's foundation.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Another medium-firm option that will deliver crucial neck support is Casper’s original pillow, which is great for all types of sleepers like our contributor Madeleine Luckel, who snoozes on both of her sides, her back, and stomach.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In it, Mario snoozes against a tree as a butterfly flutters by his head.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Savoy Brown also wore Manolo Blahnik heels with a Hanut Singh ring.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • These sultry heels have a subtle pink hue like the Elisabet Tang heels, as well as eye-catching hold hardware on the back.
    Jordan Julian, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • On some of my visits, Marsha dozes most of the time.
    Marc Silver, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Rather, the protagonist dozes right through it.
    John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Reclines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reclines. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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