Definition of Recumbent

a resting or reclining state

Examples of Recumbent in a sentence

When we returned home, the exhausted babysitter was asleep and recumbent on the couch.  🔊

Is your cat going to lie recumbent on the windowsill all day long?  🔊

After drinking four beers, my father was recumbent in his favorite chair.  🔊

Heather was recumbent on a pool lounger when it started to rain.  🔊

As soon as the flight attendant announced we could lean back, I lowered my seat to a recumbent position.  🔊

The recumbent sunbathers were not happy when they were asked to evacuate the beach.  🔊

Since James just had a life-saving surgery, he is bound to be recumbent for a while.  🔊

Alan was recumbent in his bed when the police burst into his house and arrested him.  🔊

Because Tara did not want to be discovered in her sister’s room, she assumed a recumbent posture under the bed.  🔊

I enjoyed the ocean breeze from my recumbent position in the hammock.  🔊

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