How to Use recliner in a Sentence

recliner

noun
  • Slept in a recliner for three full nights and part of the last two.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2019
  • By the third day, John was able to sit in the recliner for four hours.
    — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Inky had launched out of the chair as soon as workers pulled the recliner from the truck.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The leather is strong, the recliner function is smooth, and the frame doesn’t budge.
    — Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The tickets sit next to him on the side table of his recliner.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Fuentes sat in a recliner with a blanket over the lower half of her body.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2022
  • At night, my mom slept on a hard recliner next to my hospital bed.
    — Melissa Blake, Good Housekeeping, 5 June 2017
  • Nakesha slept in a recliner at the foot of her mother’s bed in the den.
    — Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2018
  • All the seats in the room also offer large recliners and trays for food and snacks.
    — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • The arms of Jessie’s leather recliner were covered in drips of paint.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 24 May 2020
  • Make a point to avoid recliner-style armchairs in the living room, too.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Make a point to avoid recliner-style armchairs in the living room, too.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Plus, a crib, a dresser, a recliner chair, and a pom pom blanket.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 3 May 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • At night, Corbett sits in a recliner in the chapel and pulls up a blanket.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
  • If your recliner is old and worn, that age will clearly show with a protector.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After the call, John sat down in his leather recliner and exhaled.
    — Abe Streep, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • What are the best recliner slipcovers to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Miller knocked the recliner over and briefly stopped the attack, the court documents said.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The recliner engulfs the cramped room, its edges almost touching the walls.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 June 2022
  • Planes once furnished with plush recliners and wide-open aisles are now packed with more passengers each year.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Axel three-piece sectional recliner, there’s no need to fight over who gets to stretch out on the chaise.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The Edwards were looking to buy a new recliner.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
  • His championship dream was to retire to his ancient recliner and crack a cold one.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Think of a luxurious recliner at a rooftop pool.
    — Mica Ricketts, Refinery29, 4 Aug. 2025

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