How to Use recumbent in a Sentence
recumbent
adjective- The Egyptian sphinx has the body of a recumbent lion.
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In 2014, on the eve of his retirement, Mr. Berthelot got the idea to cross France on his recumbent bike for three months.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2023
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The strap is commonly used to avoid sliding down when in the recumbent chair.
—Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
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The bags sag together like recumbent bodies on a mattress, sacs of fluid awash in soft pink light.
—Justin Beal, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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Venus has more than volcanic outbursts; the planet also sinks in places, like the chest of a recumbent giant exhaling.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
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There’s a reason people have traveled the route on recumbent cycles.
—National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2020
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Several of these little women are erect, and others are recumbent; one stands on her head while a few look like they’ve been captured in mid-leap.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
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The same is true for Dana Lieberman, owner of a recumbent bicycle shop in Los Angeles.
—Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2020
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The machine looks like some Mad Max version of a recumbent bicycle, only with training wheels, a giant steel roll cage, and a 68-inch, three-bladed propeller strapped to the back end.
—Steven Kotler, Esquire, 18 May 2015
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There was not only something to read in every issue of the Review, there was often too much, forcing you to carve out a recumbent block of time to nestle into an issue.
—Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 22 Mar. 2017
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Looking to get an upright or recumbent stationary bike?
—Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 30 Nov. 2020
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A recumbent figure started up from the grass and came running toward them through the flickering screen of light and shade.
—Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, 1913
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In one, a recumbent figure in a denim skirt in the grass proves, on second glance, to be a boy; a similar double take establishes the gender of a longhaired youth being embraced from behind by a lean-limbed fellow.
—Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
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Kick back and pedal forward in a recumbent tricycle for tours that cover downtown San Antonio, Brackenridge Park and the city’s historic missions.
—René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 4 June 2018
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There’s a weight lifting and elliptical machine, a recumbent bicycle, a heavy bag, a punching dummy and a makiwara, which is a punching board that focuses your punching and turns your hands into bricks.
—Alix Strauss, New York Times, 14 May 2023
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Her manner can give the impression of someone piloting a recumbent bike: energetic but not overeager.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2020
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The pain is exacerbated by standing, walking, and exercising on a treadmill, elliptical or recumbent bike, but sitting and laying down are most comfortable.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2023
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Resistance and Programming Many recumbent bikes come with a handful of preprogrammed or customizable workouts and at least eight resistance levels.
—Maggie Slepian, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2023
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There are no studies that establish a correlation between the length of postcoital recumbent time and subsequent pregnancy rates — but there is a large study that examined pregnancy rates after insemination in a doctor’s office.
—New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
- The Egyptian sphinx has the body of a recumbent lion.
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In 2014, on the eve of his retirement, Mr. Berthelot got the idea to cross France on his recumbent bike for three months.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2023
-
The strap is commonly used to avoid sliding down when in the recumbent chair.
—Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Dec. 2017
-
The bags sag together like recumbent bodies on a mattress, sacs of fluid awash in soft pink light.
—Justin Beal, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
-
Venus has more than volcanic outbursts; the planet also sinks in places, like the chest of a recumbent giant exhaling.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
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There’s a reason people have traveled the route on recumbent cycles.
—National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2020
-
Several of these little women are erect, and others are recumbent; one stands on her head while a few look like they’ve been captured in mid-leap.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
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The same is true for Dana Lieberman, owner of a recumbent bicycle shop in Los Angeles.
—Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2020
-
The machine looks like some Mad Max version of a recumbent bicycle, only with training wheels, a giant steel roll cage, and a 68-inch, three-bladed propeller strapped to the back end.
—Steven Kotler, Esquire, 18 May 2015
-
There was not only something to read in every issue of the Review, there was often too much, forcing you to carve out a recumbent block of time to nestle into an issue.
—Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 22 Mar. 2017
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Looking to get an upright or recumbent stationary bike?
—Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 30 Nov. 2020
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