Peter Crouch

I once walked out of a nightclub with my team-mates to see our star midfielder reclining across the bonnet of a Ferrari, arms folded, waiting for girls to come out so he could wink at them and then progress it from there. I have no idea how long he'd been waiting. I do know it wasn't even his Ferrari.

English Athlete

Henry Moore

There are three fundamental poses of the human figure. One is standing. The other is seated, and the third is lying down... Of the three poses, the reclining figure gives the most freedom, compositionally and spatially.

English Sculptor

Sue Townsend

I always write back to people who are kind enough to write to me. Actually, I don't write - I recline on my red velvet sofa with my feet on the coffee table and dictate the letters to my eldest son.

English Novelist

Walter Scott

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Scottish Novelist

Ari Shaffir

I've fallen asleep at red lights before. Not like passed out, but like I've put the parking break on and reclined my seat and taken a nap.

American Comedian

Use to describe comfort and relaxation, often in a home or casual setting.

Relaxed Posture

Reclining implies a state of rest, but not necessarily sleeping.

Not Asleep

Implies leaning against something that supports your weight.

Physical Support

Most commonly used with objects designed to be moved, like seats or loungers.

Adjustable Objects

Highlights the functionality or mechanical aspect of motion involved.

Functional Movement

Using 'recline' may mean adjusting an object that affects people nearby.

Consideration Required

 poured herself a cup of coffee, sat in a reclining chair, and she sat there, kind of amiably talking to each of her children as one after the other they came downstairs, checked the list, made themselves breakfast, checked the list again, put the dishes in the dishwasher, rechecked the list, fed the pets or whatever chores they had,

Bruce Feiler: Agile...

 on his log making him feel very comfortable I would imagine just now at one point yet that leg completely stretched over that log come and the tresses oh he kind of was flexing his leg out and he looks very very very kind of relaxed and as though he was reclining at a swimming pool on the

Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...

 a distinctive reclining statue from the Toltec-Maya culture. Pre-Columbian art was also a major influence for Josef Albers. He created a series of compositions, such as the geometrical series Homage to the Square, that were inspired by pyramids and local art

How ancient art...

 got my passport, raced back to the airport, I made it just in time, but they had given away my seat to someone else, so I got stuck in the back of the plane, next to the bathrooms, in a seat that wouldn't recline, on an eight-hour flight.

How to stay calm when...

 well that's absolutely wrong he's not falling into the underworld he is rising in the East as the newborn son as the newborn Mays God and you're seeing him in this really strange pose right here as an infant kind of reclining on his

Palenque and the Ancient...

 exercise and breathing." She was very practical about it. She even designed the first reclining shampoo chair, though she neglected to patent the invention. Martha's salon was a huge success. Celebrities came from out of town

The Real Origin of the...

 to hospitals to help patients drink while reclining, but eventually, with the marketing and business savvy from his sister Betty, the bendy straw becomes a beloved utensil of every child and a regular household item.

How the bendy straw was...

 grab a little bit of aesthetic operation, aesthetic performance into a product. The next area that was of interest to me was the fact that reclining was a very important factor.

Niels Diffrient:...

 is open we roll up because I'll recline do you do the math and all that no I can say that because I don't really yeah you didn't do anything I don't know you just

Caught in the Act of...

 the men return for a celebratory dinner. Dinner is an intimate affair, with nine people reclining around the low table. Slaves attend to their every need

Recline