All 4 Uses of
recumbent
in
The Magic Mountain
- He wanted to wait until Joachim had finished measuring, and so in the meantime he watched how things were done, examined the fur-lined sleeping bag stored in one corner of the balcony—Joachim used it on cold days—and propping his elbows on the railing, gazed down into the garden, where the common lounging area had now filled up with recumbent patients—reading, writing, chatting.
Chpt 3.5recumbent = lying down
- "Now isn't this a nice mess," he said, standing beside his recumbent cousin the way one stands beside a nice mess, his hands on his hips, his head lowered.
Chpt 4.10
- Dr. Krokowski would enter by way of the balcony at a quarter till four or a little earlier, greet the recumbent patient in his cheerful, manly way, make a few very elementary medical inquiries, bring the conversation around briefly to more personal topics, and make a comradely joke or two.
Chpt 5.1
- Why, for the latter, of course, for a private discussion, the consul assured her from his recumbent position.
Chpt 6.5 *
Definition:
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(recumbent) lying down; or horizontal