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    Use "leaning" in a sentence

    leaning example sentences

    leaning


    1. Ruthie coughs and chokes, leaning over to vomit onto the floor


    2. Micah’s dad would sit Indian-style in his room, leaning in close to the TV


    3. Instead she stood at the bit of rail on the port side of the companionway, leaning on the cabin roof


    4. “I don’t like to wait,” Scar said, leaning over the shoulder of the nervous computer operator who everyone in the United Order just referred to as The Operator


    5. Leaning heavily on the arm of the chair, I stand … whoooo, the room’s spinning a bit


    6. Baker directs John to one of the armchairs, unbuttons his jacket to reveal a gold tie chain, and sits in the other one, leaning forward in John’s direction


    7. “You would think so”, said the Marchese leaning forward a little, “but not


    8. He stood there leaning against the workshop door, just


    9. price asked of me by the man leaning against our old garage door


    10. ’ He said, leaning against the lift wall

    11. ‘You moving back in, then?’ he asked turning and facing me, leaning his backside against the window sill


    12. ’ He said, leaning over and kissing me gently on the lips


    13. Leaning over, she whispers ever so slightly in his ear Apollo can barely make out the words, "I can do anything you want me to do


    14. "Test it," she said, leaning forward over his desk with her chin in her hands


    15. Leaning up on my elbow I looked down at Menachem’s swollen face and saw in those bruises a love that can never be adequately expressed in words


    16. The world shifted in that moment, spinning just that little bit faster on its leaning axis


    17. Ava was finally close to him, leaning back on him and letting him put his arm around her


    18. Most of the time the banks were a tangle of roots from the trunks leaning way out over the water


    19. A glance at the clock speedily obliterated her self-satisfaction and set her running … her train was due to leave in five minutes’ time! Safely on the train, though still panting from the exercise and more than a little overwhelmed by the crowds of commuters thronging the station subways, she settled herself in a seat and, leaning her head against the headrest, closed her eyes, forcing herself to relax


    20. He was now leaning on the rail facing her with his hand caressing her side, delighting her with the gentle sweep of his hand over the smooth curve of her naked waist and hip

    21. She had to figure out which way this river was leaning


    22. The result from the fall is that the whole thing that God has made is leaning and about to fall


    23. The Alderfolk stood, and with his hands leaning on his desk,


    24. ‘Yes?’ said Pippa, leaning forward apparently enthralled by this saga


    25. ’ I replied, leaning out as far as I dare to see along the coast


    26. Suddenly she moaned and arched her back, leaning into him


    27. Leaning against him is comforting – scenting the fresh sweat and animal maleness of the man, the tears recede


    28. ’ Drens went on, leaning on the rail beside me and looking out to sea


    29. ‘Do you now?’ Drens said, leaning over the charts he is working on, his smile broad


    30. She sat beside him on the deck, leaning against the cabin wall

    31. Meanwhile Yarin really couldn't play the game with her on his lap, so she settled back into that comfortable position leaning over his shoulder with her chin on it


    32. ’ I said, leaning forward slightly to reach the bread


    33. She was leaning over him to see the screen, the stool he was on was just the right height so the solid globes of her jugs spread over his shoulder blades


    34. The three of use relax over our coffee, leaning on the table


    35. “That is the Ohmu Forest,” he said leaning close to her as she looked out the window,


    36. She moved her hand back and forth within the thick fur, all the while leaning her head against the large beast, keening softly


    37. Leaning close she whispered, “Now tell me, who is the handsome man with you, a lover or a friend? He is very distinguished looking and my Queen has asked of him


    38. "What did you learn?" he asked, leaning forward with his elbows on the desk


    39. ’ I said - very conscious of him sitting there leaning on the steering wheel beside me


    40. The hall light is on; I stand, leaning against the closed door, listening to the sound of his car disappearing into the distance

    41. Leaning back against the pillar, let his mind wonder


    42. “Mmm… you have my total attention now,” she purred leaning into him


    43. Ish sat on the floor leaning against the manager's table


    44. “Oh Tar I have never seen the likes of this before,” she said in a breathless voice leaning in close


    45. 'So how long have you lived here?' he asked, leaning back against the stove as I make coffee, his arms folded


    46. Koruki herself sat on a pillow in the middle of that bench, leaning on a cushion tied to the center window post


    47. The space they entered was open, there was sky above the leaning balconies, now barely purple with a few stars already out


    48. In this dingy, leaning against the mast meant her feet were over the bow


    49. I pick up my dressing gown from the chair by the window and struggle into it, I’m shivering with cold … probably because I’ve not eaten … firmly tying the belt, I wobble through the hallway into the kitchen and, leaning against the work surface, I contemplate my options


    50. ' I said proudly, leaning gratefully back against the pillows














































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    Synonyms for "leaning"

    leaning inclination lean list tilt proclivity propensity tendency atilt canted tilted tipped partiality predilection penchant predisposition bias bent tilting sloping biased grade incline gradient

    "leaning" definitions

    an inclination to do something


    a natural inclination


    the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical


    the act of deviating from a vertical position


    departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal