half-lying

She was becoming cramped in her position, half-leaning over and half-lying down.

Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

She was becoming cramped in her position, half-leaning over and half-lying down.

Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

He turned me and gave me a hard shove, so that my legs hit the bed and I fell, half-lying on the rough blankets.

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

Or which is more likely the lower part of her body was photographed while she was lying on her back or at least half-lying on an inclined plane.

The Gap: The World According To Gap Cosmo7 2009

One or both of them must have been at least half-lying, I honestly have no particular preconception as to which.

How not to write letters Alix Mortimer 2009

They were drawn up in a rough circle, grouped in twos and threes before their silent machines, and in the middle of the circle, sprawled upon the roadway, was a boy, half-sitting, half-lying, yellow haired and slight of build, blood streaming down his white face.

Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009

One or both of them must have been at least half-lying, I honestly have no particular preconception as to which.

Could local be the new British? Alix Mortimer 2009

Opposite to me there was a door wide open into a bed room, and on a bed opposite to the door a very sick-looking young man was half-lying, half-sitting, fully dressed, supported by another, and a very sick-looking young man much resembling him passed in and out occasionally, or leaned on the chimney piece in an attitude of extreme dejection.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

Frau Lenore was not quite well; she had a sick headache, and, half-lying down in an easy chair, she tried to keep perfectly still.

The Torrents of Spring 2006

"Not really the weapon anyone thinks it is," Pepper said, half-lying.

Crystal Rain 2006