half-reclining

Overnight buses in Peru are dual level, and have options of cama and half cama full or half-reclining chairs.

Leora Novick: Riding The Night Bus To Cusco Leora Novick 2012

Our friend Marijus, who had already braved one of these night buses, had advised us to book the cheaper half-reclining seats on the upper level.

Leora Novick: Riding The Night Bus To Cusco Leora Novick 2012

She took it, weighed it in her hand, still half-reclining in her swing, and asked sharply: "Why do you stare at me so?"

Fiancée 2010

I was half-reclining in a big armchair and Conrad was pouring water on me.

People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005

Antipas crossed over to the couch and threw himself upon it in a half-reclining attitude, while Phanuel remained standing before him.

Herodias 2003

Joam Garral, who had just come in, was half-reclining on a couch of plaited bamboos, when Yaquita, a little anxious, came and seated herself beside him.

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003

Whatever my expectation was, it was not disappointed, for there, on our favourite seat, the silver light of the moon struck a half-reclining figure, snowy white.

Dracula 2003

Madame Hohlakov had been slightly ailing for the last three weeks: her foot had for some reason swollen up, and though she was not in bed, she lay all day half-reclining on the couch in her boudoir, in a fascinating but decorous deshabille.

The Brothers Karamazov 2003

There was undoubtedly something, long and black, bending over the half-reclining white figure.

Dracula 2003

He pictured himself in an adobe house in Mexico, half-reclining on a rug-covered couch, his slender, artistic fingers closed on a cigarette while he listened to guitars strumming melancholy undertones to an age-old dirge of

This Side of Paradise 2003