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Meanings of leaning position in English

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Usage of leaning position in English
1
Having emptied it at two draughts, he resumed his former leaning position.
The Odd Women
2
The larger-than-life chef pushed himself off his leaning position and moved across the dining room.
French pressed
3
It was one thing to slide the straw to a leaning position against the step.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
4
Stefan, too, started from his leaning position and stood upright in the entrance, looking straight at the boy.
Princess Maritza
5
He gripped the rail behind him with both hands, anchoring himself in a leaning position as he watched Byron work the wheel.
"Undo": A Novel
6
She lifted herself from her leaning position, and went and curled up on the side of the bed, the better to think.
The Wishing-Ring Man
7
As the officer knelt in order to accommodate his head to the leaning position of the body, Ram Lal stood as one transfixed.
The Flaw in the Sapphire
8
Finally he managed to drag himself to a leaning position on one elbow, though for several seconds thereafter his gasping was terrible to hear.
The Bars of Iron
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