Example sentences for: reclining

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

  • The biggest single work, an immense reclining Buddha 29 m (96 ft) long, is surrounded by the infinitely smaller statues of lifelike disciples.

  • One of Italy’s loveliest and most important small museums, its highlights include some outstanding sculptures by Bernini and Canova (whose portrayal of Napoleon’s sister as a reclining Venus is arguably the museum’s most famous attraction), as well as paintings by Raphael, Correggio, Titian, Caravaggio, Botticelli, Rubens, Dürer, and Cranach.

  • The last of its six halls contains a large reclining Buddha 6 m (191⁄2 ft) long.

  • The road north from Kathmandu leads 8 km (5 miles) to Budhanilkantha, and a giant statue of Vishnu reclining on a bed of snakes.

  • In the final hall (Wo Fo Dian) there is a 5-m (16-ft) lacquered statue of the reclining Buddha (dated 1321) about to attain nirvana.


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