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Example sentences for: leans

How can you use “leans” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

On the cover, he appears in faded jeans, hiking boots, and a leather jacket, smiling as he leans against a post-and-rail fence, bathed in soft filtered sunlight.
Feminists approve of the novel, about an aging rock star and her two abandoned children, because it coldly documents the woman's abuse and is "clear-eyed about the economic forces that shape women's lives" (Valerie Sayers, the New York Times Book Review ). Others say Allison "leans precariously toward melodrama" and tries too hard for "gut-wrenching emotion" (Phyllis Richardson, the Los Angeles Times Book Review ).
Consider Dickens' sharp image in Bleak House (Chapter LIV) when he describes how “Sir Leicester leans back in his chair, and breathlessly ejaculates.
Built in 1109, it leans more than 2 meters (7 1/2 ft), less than its twin, Torre Giselda, that leans 3 m (10 ft).
Chatterbox leans toward this latter interpretation, because he can't recall ever seeing any true southerner smirk, not even Molly Ivins; hers is a different kind of smile altogether.