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Meanings of in a reclining position in English

Russian
в лежачем положении
Spanish
semirreclinado
Catalan
semirreclinat
Wikidata

Human body position.

        в лежачем положении
        Synonyms
        Examples for "half reclining"
        Examples for "half reclining"
        1
        Near the entrance-way a young brave is half reclining on a mat.
        American Indian Stories
        2
        The whole party took their seats upon the couches, half sitting, half reclining.
        By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
        3
        She was half reclining, with a book lying upside down on her knee.
        Adela Cathcart, Volume 1
        4
        Tom sprang away from the trellis, on which he had been half reclining.
        Mother Carey's Chickens
        5
        She was half sitting, half reclining on the couch drawn near to the hearth.
        Till the Clock Stops
        1
        To the left BLANKA in a half reclining position.]
        Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans
        1
        Near the entrance-way a young brave is half reclining on a mat.
        American Indian Stories
        2
        Half reclining on the couch, he looked through the afternoon papers.
        Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910
        3
        The whole party took their seats upon the couches, half sitting, half reclining.
        By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
        4
        She half sat, half reclined upon a couch of rose brocade.
        The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
        5
        She was half reclining, with a book lying upside down on her knee.
        Adela Cathcart, Volume 1
        Usage of in a reclining position in English
        1
        She was lifted and placed in a reclining position at the side of the car.
        Edison's Conquest of Mars
        2
        Dr. Schmidt was consumptive, and almost an invalid; often having to lecture in a reclining position.
        A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" / A Letter ...
        3
        The mannequin was placed in a reclining position on a mattress in a single-walled incubator (BioMS C2750).
        Pubmed
        4
        Our deer were represented by a fine buck, a doe mounted in a reclining position, and a small white doe.
        New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 / ...
        5
        The recipe for suffocation says: 'Get the patient into fresh air as quickly as possible, and place in a reclining position.'
        Heart of the West
        6
        Bearing her to a sofa, he laid her, very tenderly, in a reclining position, with her head resting against Mrs. Denison.
        The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
        7
        Ramses, who was in a reclining position on a couch covered with a lion's skin which had golden claws, was served by four ladies.
        The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
        8
        Lyra, Corona, and Hercules are almost directly overhead in the early evening, during July and August, and can best be observed in a reclining position.
        A Field Book of the Stars
        9
        Nothing more comfortable-orluxurious-couldbe devised for sitting in a deep easy-chair after dinner, in a reclining position that is ruinous to best evening clothes.
        Etiquette
        10
        'When we came there we found Mr. Blake in a reclining position, with a bloody knife in his hand.
        The Weapons of Mystery