RECUMBENT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for RECUMBENT, such as:
1. His difficulty was how best to assume a recumbent position.
2. A sphinx is a mythological creature that is depicted as a recumbent feline with a human head.
3. He moved a few steps in that direction, and now he perceived a recumbent figure almost close to his feet.
4. So saying, he stooped over the bed of the recumbent swineherd, and whispered something in his ear in Saxon.
2. A sphinx is a mythological creature that is depicted as a recumbent feline with a human head.
3. He moved a few steps in that direction, and now he perceived a recumbent figure almost close to his feet.
4. So saying, he stooped over the bed of the recumbent swineherd, and whispered something in his ear in Saxon.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of RECUMBENT
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recumbent
a. reclining; lying down completely or in part
Classic Sentence:
1 Accordingly, they went down to the drawing-room, where the esteemed lady with no nonsense about her, was recumbent as usual, while Sissy worked beside her.
2 So saying, he stooped over the bed of the recumbent swineherd, and whispered something in his ear in Saxon.
3 He moved a few steps in that direction, and now he perceived a recumbent figure almost close to his feet.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
4 For the most part, his task of reading was performed in a recumbent position in the anteroom; which circumstance ended by causing his mattress to become as ragged and as thin as a wafer.
5 His difficulty was how best to assume a recumbent position.
Example Sentence:
1 The command "AT EASE" does not permit you to take a recumbent position.
2 A sphinx is a mythological creature that is depicted as a recumbent feline with a human head.