Example sentences for: reclining

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

  • A single brushstroke enlarges the reclining woman's stomach, indicating her pregnancy.

  • The museum’s highlight is a life-size, sixth-century b.c. terracotta sculpture of a reclining couple that was used as the lid of a sarcophagus.

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

  • But there are only "a few of us who possess a stout enough psychological profile to allow ourselves or even imagine ourselves purchasing a big cushy wonder boy or girl reclining chair."

  • 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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