How to Use recliner in a Sentence

recliner

noun
Definition of reclinernext
  • Smit looked across the room at Dis, asleep in the recliner.
    — jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • By the third day, John was able to sit in the recliner for four hours.
    — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Slept in a recliner for three full nights and part of the last two.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Inky had launched out of the chair as soon as workers pulled the recliner from the truck.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Here, a line of rocks, each the size of a big-man recliner, looks like the back of a stegosaurus dinosaur.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The arms of Jessie’s leather recliner were covered in drips of paint.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 24 May 2020
  • And fans have to trade their revelry at the course for a view from the TV in a recliner.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2020
  • Nakesha slept in a recliner at the foot of her mother’s bed in the den.
    — Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The tickets sit next to him on the side table of his recliner.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2021
  • At night, Corbett sits in a recliner in the chapel and pulls up a blanket.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Fuentes sat in a recliner with a blanket over the lower half of her body.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2022
  • In the next room, a pair of massive speakers and a state-of-the-art turntable sit in front of his favorite recliner.
    — Ian Gassman, The Know, 19 Jan. 2017
  • When there was a rare lull, George said, his mom would come into the house, lay in the recliner and put her feet up.
    — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2022
  • Then the basement flooded again, and out went the new recliner.
    — New York Times, 17 Oct. 2021
  • That’s easy to forget when you’re laid out on the recliner, getting a full blast.
    — Bill Finch, al, 3 July 2023
  • Two new-with-tags La-Z-Boy leather recliners for $100 apiece.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
  • Miller knocked the recliner over and briefly stopped the attack, the court documents said.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Just note that it’s a straight recliner that doesn’t rock or swivel.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Plus, a crib, a dresser, a recliner chair, and a pom pom blanket.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 3 May 2021
  • But from my seat on the recliner, Oregon State's lack of fight in the second half bothered me.
    — OregonLive.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Which is a way of saying that his body odor is starting to be able to get up off the recliner and go for a walk in his stead.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
  • His mother, Barbara Howard, balanced on the edge of the recliner and dabbed tears from her eyes.
    — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 21 Dec. 2017
  • This was a genius move by La-Z-Boy, and a great way to translate the famous recliner to pets.
    — Maddie Hiatt, House Beautiful, 9 July 2019
  • The recliner engulfs the cramped room, its edges almost touching the walls.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 June 2022
  • After the call, John sat down in his leather recliner and exhaled.
    — Abe Streep, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The homeowner wanted the space to include a recliner, a sofa, and a TV that could be viewed from the kitchen.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Tran slept on the recliner with a flashlight within arm's reach to check on the rising water through the night.
    — Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2018
  • For years, a picture of a horse had hung behind Biden, Sr.,’s recliner.
    — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Made for those who want a La-Z-Boy-style recliner in the great outdoors, the chair’s claim to fame is its zero-gravity rock back and adjustable headrest.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Or, upgrade your seating with an outdoor recliner, cozy round ottoman, or porch swing.
    — Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024

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