Sample Sentences for
supine
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    Then, on a sudden but apparently pressing impulse, he stretched out supine on the carpet.  (source)
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    By Richmond I raised my knees Supine on the floor of a narrow canoe.  (source)
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    I executed a backflip and landed behind the supine mech in a crouch.†  (source)
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    "If you have some liniment I'll put it on my dignity," Mrs Whatsit said, still supine.†  (source)
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    Thus far I had succumbed supinely to this imperious domination.†  (source)
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    But the most dangerous effect of the exhaustion steadily gaining on all engaged in the fight against the epidemic did not consist in their relative indifference to outside events and the feelings of others, but in the slackness and supineness that they allowed to invade their personal lives.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    The fact that he got through his supines without mistake the next day, encouraged him to persevere in this appendix to his prayers, and neutralized any scepticism that might have arisen from Mr. Stelling's continued demand for Euclid.†  (source)
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    It tipped its head to examine the supine flesh.†  (source)
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    In his almost inexplicable apathy he was content to droop supinely while Carrie drifted out of his life, just as he was willing supinely to see opportunity pass beyond his control.†  (source)
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    Impatient with "supineness," as he said, and ambitious for a command of his own, Burgoyne had sailed for England in early December.†  (source)
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    But one day, when he had broken down, for the fifth time, in the supines of the third conjugation, and Mr. Stelling, convinced that this must be carelessness, since it transcended the bounds of possible stupidity, had lectured him very seriously, pointing out that if he failed to seize the present golden opportunity of learning supines, he would have to regret it when he became a man,—Tom, more miserable than usual, determined to try his sole resource;†  (source)
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    He lay supine upon a stretcher, one arm across his chest, the other, the left, at his side.†  (source)
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    Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?†  (source)
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