He called the tune to me and I supinely took it up. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She was stretched supinely on her back. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Lest it plunge to the deep morass, there supinely to welter. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Fragments of Catullus] Reference
In Cohen's world, apparently, a spine is best positioned supinely. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Cohen Brings On the Stupid] Reference
Lest it plunge to the deep morass, there supinely to welter. From Wordnik.com. [Poems and Fragments] Reference
And yet, hopelessly caught as they were, neither could give up supinely. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts In Russia] Reference
The Dutch are fools if they supinely sit under this inequitable nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Can I see want stealing in upon my children, and sit and fold my hands supinely?. From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
He had sought revenge on his own cowardly countrymen who had yielded supinely and permitted the. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
He sat supinely for a few minutes, simply staring at a nothingness beneath the surface of the panel. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Made Plans] Reference
Landsdowne were the chiefs, he did not place himself supinely under the dictation of the caucus-room. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Shall we supinely submit, or do all in our power to oppose, check and suppress so pernicious a theory?. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
But, Congress should not supinely agree to a flawed bill that has worldwide irreversible repercussions. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
The wreckage, like a great lump, lay supinely on the surface of the water; he could not hope to move it. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
Instead they bunched beside a low wall that seemed to edge some gardens and supinely watched the confrontation. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Fortress]
Even so, NBC's Alexander supinely claimed, "they say they're fighting for the men and women fighting for them.". From Wordnik.com. [Brent Bozo Hates the Grannies] Reference
The schoolmaster was too much wrought up to sit supinely by and see another do the driving; so he did it himself. From Wordnik.com. [Reveries of a Schoolmaster] Reference
I gazed supinely at other students as they went up to be examined, and even allowed myself to chaff some of them. From Wordnik.com. [Youth] Reference
Beneath the horrific masquerade there was a human being, a man similar to the one kneeling supinely on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquering Sword of Conan]
I could not stand there supinely and let the creature seize and devour me without striking a blow in my own defense. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates of Venus]
Im glad that the Congressman haven ` t just supinely rolled over, and that they have asserted the will of the people. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
When the Tartar pressures fell heavily upon their immediate neighbors to the north, those neighbors supinely accepted. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
Until now the rest of the world (or Greece) had supinely sat back and watched this curious Athenian act of auto-da-fe. From Wordnik.com. [John Fletcher: The Iraq Expedition: Greek Drama About an American Tragedy] Reference
No one could have been a better Communist than he had been, or have more supinely believed the propaganda from Moscow. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Ten Worlds]
She began to fear lest madness seize her if she remained longer thus supinely crouching amid the terrors of this place. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
She did not wait supinely for things to happen, but instinctively looked round to see what she could herself accomplish. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
And can she rest supinely dependent on man for reason, when she ought to mount with him the arduous steeps of knowledge? —. From Wordnik.com. [A Vindication of the Rights of Woman] Reference
He had not the energy of character which rises superior to every ill, and had bent himself supinely to the fate which awaited him. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
So when an American doesn't supinely accept the assumptions or premise in any Euro-liberal's blatherings, they get labelled arrogant. From Wordnik.com. [Cameron & the US] Reference
Let no one fold his hands supinely, and say, I have no Imagination; and therefore, if this doctrine be true, my life must be a failure. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Character] Reference
Rather than supinely allowing the market to work its magic, fearful customers have reacted to abrupt price hikes by filling the streets. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Big Water] Reference
Don't sit supinely on your roost, but come along and help us boost, for better things of every kind, and leave your kicking clothes behind. From Wordnik.com. [Rippling Rhymes] Reference
Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of Hope until our enemies have bound us hand and foot?. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
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?. From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
Protestants will be alert enough in trying to recover what they lose so supinely. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference
The colour of one's skin determined access and the mainstream media supinely accepted this latest racial snub. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
The country, paralyzed with fear, looked anxiously but supinely upon the scientific combat between the two great champions of. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
It was not trusting but tempting Providence to wait supinely, instead of grasping boldly at the means of rescue within reach. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
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