How To Use Leaning In A Sentence

The human species has not evolved such that it can tolerate sitting in that southwesterly location, behind uninsulated glass, leaning on a heat absorbing table of dark steel and not be grossly uncomfortable.
Now the word "prayer" to non-Muslim readers will evoke an image of people perhaps silently clasping their hands together, leaning forward in a pew, and either silently, to themselves, or in a quiet tone, speaking heartfeltly to God. David Horowitz Freedom Center
She damped her cloth before cleaning the windows.
She was leaning against the wall, staring out over the still snowy landscape.
I use the brush first rapped with a cleaning patch soaked in carburetor cleaner. Live from the SHOT Show: New Gun Reviews

Does household cleaning give you headaches, nausea, dizzy spells or sign irritations?
Mr Popple peered over the side of the toilet, his right hand leaning on the toilet-seat.
Ultima will clean the inside of the glass panels, because the outside is coated with a self-cleaning laminate, which doesn't allow dust or dirt to settle.
Groups of pot-bellied old men in seldom worn suits stood in clusters, leaning in to catch a word, laughing, lining up for photos taken by children and grandchildren.
In the event, Gabriel got work with a road crew, digging up the streets of north London for cable companies; Andrea, again unable to persuade a bank to give her an interview, took up house- cleaning.
The glass she was leaning on was long enough to be in two rooms, the kitchen and the living room with the study.
The teacher is cleaning the blackboard with a board rubber.
Rachel hit the volleyball back over the net, and glanced up only to see Jade leaning against the post, a silver knife in her hand.
A classic example of cleaning fan losses can be found at headlands where combine speeds suddenly drop.
One of the areas I looked at first was the so-called ancillary services - that is cleaning, catering and laundry.
It also boasts an unmatched ventilation and antifog system, removable interior cheek pads and a sturdy chinstrap that can be removed to allow cleaning or replacement.
The other three stood by the fireplace, Rudi leaning against the overmantel. Royal Flash
By the time he was a teenager in the 1950s, he was spending all his spare time at Recreation Park, cleaning boots, helping the groundsman, travelling to away games on the team bus.
Presently I saw a man leaning on a two-strand barbed-wire fence, the wires fixed not to posts but to crooked tree limbs stuck in the ground.
They go for feel and function, leaning towards seam free, simple, unfussy styles.
While the generally liberal-leaning U.S. foreign policy establishment was quick to equate Obama's ascent to the presidency with a "new area of international engagement," the realities of realpolitilk has not only forced the President into a "straightjacket" with limited policy options vis-à-vis Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Sigurd Neubauer: Tea Partiers, Watch Out: Obama's Iran Policies Echo Bush's
That daunting task was made worse by plentiful leanings, curves, twists and turns.
Persons must indeed be of very uncleanly habits, whose heads absolutely require the aid of this comb, as the brush alone sufficiently possesses the power of effectually cleaning the hair from scurf, dandriff, and dust, if constantly used. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies
Besides cleaning up barf, breaking up fights and propping up staggering patrons, owners and waiters can get sued if overly-lubricated lushes kill or injure someone on their drive home.
Eventually a more thorough cleaning will remove any dirt and later retouching.
Toray users chose theirs for the ultrasonic feature, which, when taken along with the previous question, suggests that the word-of-mouth effect, therefore the quality (or at least the sense of quality) of the cleaning given by their brushes is very high. Why Japanese teeth are often wonky
At first glance, it's a cleaning rod with a rubber tip and a funny-looking patch.
My mother used to do the cleaning of the upper rooms in our house wearing a hat and coat. Times, Sunday Times
She pulled herself onto the bed and straddled her legs over his waist leaning forward to kiss his neck.
What we have here are two heavyweights not so much leaning on each other as holding one another up. The Sun
I was cleaning out my SPAM folder last night when the computer dinged and another email landed in the SPAM folder… asking for a dimensional generator.
The detector itself consisted of a 100,000-gallon tank filled with tetrachloroethylene, a solvent used in dry cleaning. Times, Sunday Times
He yawned, leaning back in his chair and rumpling his hair.
A follis found in the destruction layer of Room 4 of the Macellum after manual cleaning. Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Small Finds Conservation Report 1
In his million-acred temple, he stood -- cold, white and useless -- leaning upon his broken staff; while timorous leadership gaped at his still majesty -- Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
My bias stands on history, a history of near on 35 years on the front lines, cleaning up the messes mad by experts, carrying the agenda of whomever is paying the bill. An Evolutionary Model of Depression, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Paid first, last and a cleaning deposit on Monday, June the eleventh. SILENT JOE
I puttered around for a while, cleaning up the kitchen.
After a two-month renovation and deep cleaning, McCann's petite third-floor gallery is spotless.
Effective cleaning methods include presoaking and manual, ultrasonic, or washer/ decontaminator cleaning to remove soil and extraneous material.
We anticipate the work will begin in the autumn and will involve cleaning, relining or renewing certain water mains in the area.
The high pure water system is mainly used for photoelectricity industry and electronic, such as optics resin piece, glasses, precise revertex products ultrasonic cleaning water.
Leaning back into the car at one point to right the passenger seat, I got comprehensively chinned by the headrest and would probably have gone down if the dashboard had not broken my fall.
Sometimes, the slightest leaning of a doorjamb can cause a door to swing open or shut on its own.
And this finished, self-cleaning, anti-static and weather-resistant structure is itself maintenance free for 25 years.
Flush out the pipes with cold water after adding the cleaning powder.
A leaning toward chemistry and chemical engineering was no doubt kindled in some way by a Mickey Mouse comic strip.
Follow the manufacturer's instructions for cleaning, disinfecting and descaling.
Hence, personal hygiene and cleaning our handswill bethe most effective ways of combating this disease.
Well, that is where I store the bleach and rat poison and industrial-strength cleaning agents, but aside from that, nothing
The occurrence of trees with decumbent stem form was also noted and leaning of the stem from a vertical posture was visually assessed.
He was also a man of pronounced political leanings. Times, Sunday Times
I sometimes wish GUD didn't publish adult-leaning content so that we could more easily market to perspicacious YA -- but at least in puritanical-US, that would be litigiously dangerous. MIND MELD: If You Could Change Any Aspect of The Science Fiction Field, What Would it Be?
She was leaning with her back against the hotel wall which was papered over with a faded mural, her thumbs tucked in her gunbelt, staring at nothing and everything, including, it turned out, me. In my New York City, the cops wink at you and mean it.
I've spent most of the weekend cleaning and doing laundry - yawn.
We made gagman do the cleaning up, training for his work at Lehman.
Alice, very pale, was leaning against him as if for support.
When cleaning out the dead debris from flowerbeds, also prune any shrubs and push plants back into the soil that have heaved with the frosts.
So I, you know, spent some time cleaning up afterward.
I found no joy in cleaning up some little tyrant's mess and I didn't have enough emotion in me to cry over a silly dog-eared card.
She sighed, leaning against the backboard of her bed.
A surgeon's dresser was leaning over him; packing his wound with basilicum powder and bandaging him up.
Staff members caring for the patient and those cleaning the room must wear fit-tested masks.
In doing mainland China's largest cleaning equipment supplier for the development goals.
All very reasonable arguments and succinctly put, but in my opinion reusable nappies still have one fatal flaw - they are not self-cleaning.
But when these documentary imports came to direct films of their own, they revealed distinct personal leanings.
There was no cleaning involved - just a light dusting with an anti-static brush.
I sighed, resting my arms onto the table and leaning against the back.
The basin pipes were tampered with and the vandals squirted cleaning fluid all over the brand new carpets.
A loose, launderable sweater or sweatshirt that lets you move but can go under your smock is another useful item to have in your cleaning closet. HOME COMFORTS
There are many cleaning stations here and you will often encounter a large potato cod or pelagics such as jacks and barracuda visiting, in addition to the resident reef fish.
Commercial coal cleaning (or beneficiation) facilities, particularly in the United States use physical cleaning techniques to reduce mineral matter and pyritic sulfur content. Global anthropogenic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere
Aluminium cleaners: There is a wide range of products formulated specifically for cleaning aluminium cladding and vehicle bodies.
“Ed has a bad feeling about this one, boys and girls,” he announced, leaning back in the leather chair at the head of the conference table, peering professorially over his half glasses. The Girls He Adored
This has been an ongoing discussion for quite some time, with the reddest of the right-leaning anti-public broadcasting crowd fixing to "defund" and altogether eliminate some of the stalwarts of American news such as NPR and PBS. Charles D. Ellison: Juan Williams: Clever Double-Play or Conservative Cause Celebre'
Wait, there he was leaning against a tree, looking as white and shaken as everyone else.
It is pleasing to see good citizens cleaning up after their dogs when they take them for walkies.
I sat cross-legged, leaning up against the backboard.
Halfway up we became lost in a labyrinth of widemouthed crevasses and leaning seracs, and had to rope up and slow down.
Get cleaning bucket and powder and disinfectant from the broom cupboard.
He was sitting on a picnic bench, leaning forward while Jane was grabbing on for a piggyback ride.
Greek conservationists say harsh cleaning methods have also hurt them. The Sun
Make a mixture of detergent and ammonia for cleaning the walls.
She told him that while cleaning out an attic she had found an old box which, among other things, contained one of Osmond's scrap books of his cuttings from 1950 to 1954 and several sketches.
According to the plan, the water supply to fountains, swimming pools or for street cleaning was cut.
There was another raggedy girl cleaning up tables behind me, and she was singing too.
The cleaning action of soaps and detergents is based on the property known as detergency.
Honesty and sincerity, especially the fake variety, are conveyed by steady eye contact and leaning towards the audience. Times, Sunday Times
Finish off by cleaning the monitor and the keyboard.
What I love most about Jezebel is that I can go there with an unformed opinion yet a vague leaning, read the discussions and come away with a more informed view. Here she comes
They gathered around the horns of their Victrolas, leaning with their ears cocked like Victor's spokesdog, Nipper.
My mother was a great snoop, she'd call it ‘cleaning up’ and I'd come home from a weekend at my Dad's to find she'd rifled through my things.
UV 55 was waiting where I'd left it the previous evening, halfway along the bay, so I wandered up and stood leaning against its side. THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT
Air conditioners, dehumidifiers and thorough cleaning practices, especially in your bedroom, can minimize your exposure to these substances and help you breathe easier.
Ironically, Wade starts off by cleaning the windshield and then uses a blow dryer to apply an even coat of dust to his canvas.
“Tell me, you green-eyed whelp,” he whispered, leaning down. End of Time
Millions of euro are spent annually by local authorities in cleaning up after littering.
Worn out or dirty spark plugs are a common cause of misfiring in petrol engines, and cleaning or replacing them can make your car go better. Times, Sunday Times
Threatening to withhold sacraments to punish people for their political leanings is upsetting to people in many different faiths. Bishop Raymond Burke Crosses Political Line
Cleaning, maintenance and service operations will continue throughout the warm-down period.
My mother's from Colombia, so I grew up waking up on Saturday mornings with my mom blaring cumbia merengue music, cleaning the house and skipping around.
The song is moody and weighed down but not indolent: Propelled by a polyrhythmic drumbeat, it reveals emo-core and math-rock leanings.
Twelve students were told off to do the cleaning.
Cleaning and tidying was not her speciality.
The Obama administration is leaning toward outsourcing major components of its space program, such as ferrying cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: August 2009 Archives
Then one day, when I was seventeen, I came home to see my mother had done spring-cleaning. Broken Symmetry
No matter how attached you may be to a real pet residing at your home, cleaning up after a virtual pet is much easier than cleaning up after the real variety.
Other cases are shots of birds wheeling overhead, or dog teams riding, or kayak trips, or cleaning blubber that are all too long.
Mitsubishi already has a robot for cleaning sea water intakes at power stations.
If instead you have electronic air cleaners in place of a ducted system, follow manual instructions for regular cleaning of filters.
With her silent calm, his sister-in-law sighed, leaning against the doorpost.
He appeared to be limping, leaning dependently on a short gnarled cane.
I was managing by doing a few odd jobs, window-cleaning, a bit of gardening, repairing things for people. THY BROTHER DEATH
The stabilizer bar under the wishbones of the front axle prevents trike and rider from leaning outward excessively in fast cornering.
Sure, there are plenty of fancy, organic home cleaning products, but frankly we just can't bear to spend big bucks on a purse-size atomizer of window cleaner.
Rinsing with water alone does not produce effective cleaning.
Nicho set to work cleaning and chopping the chard, which we sautéed quickly with olive oil, a dash of white wine, sea salt, and - at Nicho's wise suggestion - a few dabs of Dijon mustard stirred in at the very end.
And if you have a housekeeper, you know once your housekeeper comes, you're probably not inclined to do heavy cleaning, maybe light housekeeping.
Let's see-" a co-worker said, leaning over and respelling the name. The Bear and the Dragon
She was holding Leo's hand, and was leaning against him, so as he walked, he did it with a stagger.
A $5.4 million grant that paid for extra street cleaning and garbage pickup is about to run out, reviving a call to bring a business improvement district to the neighborhood .
Get a head start on spring-cleaning and donate clothes, toys, furniture, household items, and old computers to nonprofits accepting them.
She was leaning on the rail, looking out at the endless miles of blue ocean.
I was leaning against the wall, mindlessly strumming my guitar, my fingers clutching a bright green pick, my hair falling into my eyes.
Clean damaged areas by abrasive blasting or power tool cleaning, feather edges to sound and intact areas.
The scrutiny committee produced a report in February which condemned litterbugs and said that cleaning could be improved in residential areas outside the city centre.
How about cleaning the windows and brushing down the cobwebs, too? Times, Sunday Times
It's bad enough that George Bush has been willing, and able, to challenge and dismantle some of the most basic tenets of our American democracy - the system of checks and balances, an independent judiciary, and the right of a people to be free from government intrusion and persecution - but to see England fall prey to the same simple-minded authoritarian leanings is simply very sad. 01/16/2006
Just behind them a haystack rears up, a ladder leaning against the side.
Israfil," the Boy said suddenly, leaning forward to look at the book, as if to make sure, and speaking in an awestruck voice -- "is that the The Heavenly Twins
This same equipment can be adapted for use with soap and water for pressure cleaning such as degreasing auto engines and lawn and garden equipment.
As she answered the front door she saw her son had opened her bedroom window and was leaning out for a closer look.
The revised title for next week's results is by Kevin Dopart; this week's honorable-mentions subhead is by Craig Dykstra. in which we asked rather unspecifically for nerdy, quantitatively leaning musings: Style Invitational Week 872: Make a word out of a name; and geeky musings
Third, commoning is a collective endeavor as depicted, for example, in the many paintings of gleaning the harvest.
Practical help might include assistance with shopping, cooking and cleaning. Times, Sunday Times
We've had the self-basting turkey and the self-cleaning oven.
Applicable Cleaning Aids: Cleaning aids that can be used simultaneously include: Powder detergent, oxygen bleaching powder, special soap powder and chlorine bleaching powder.
While the servants were cleaning up, I noticed that Itrenore was stealing some looks toward me.
Instead, they're run though cleaning machines that shake the dirt and sticks off them, but don't necessarily deal with possible microbiological contamination. Experts link sprouts to fatal illnesses
However, what I really have in mind is something Ancient, and is really captured by terms like 'virtue' and 'wisdom' and (perhaps most of all) "eudaimonia"; and the thinkers I am leaning on are first, Alasdair MacIntyre, and second, Martha Nussbaum (and behind them both lies Aristotle). What do I mean by 'emotional intelligence'?
Well, in situations like this, i'll just push my hand through and grab the pole, and then look away disinterestedly as the person who is leaning on the pole turns around to look at me.
Leaning against a wall in the weighing room after his last ride, he played down the threat of that fall, saying he knew immediately that he had not been crocked again. Ruby Walsh grabs a victory to prove readiness for Cheltenham Festival
He walked to a corner, and grabbed a metal pipe that was leaning in a recess in the wall.
Pep is leaning forward, arms wrapped around his knees. Times, Sunday Times
The cleaning staff went in a body to the manager to complain.
Never decant cleaning products into old pop bottles.
His left-leaning editorial cartoons were, by his own admission, shrill and unconvincing.
And cleaning up his mess is a tough duty that I think nobody could instantly fix. 7 months in his admin. and we've seen so drastic changes. Orszag: 'We've stepped back' from economic 'free fall'
They may not have obvious political leanings at times, but their sensationalism and news as entertainment can only be called the barest, most emanciated of neutralities. Lin Huai-min on Taiwan's papers, and their business strategies
Take a bow and stretch your latissimus dors Position yourself in front of an open door frame, grasp the door knob with both hands and slowly bend over, leaning your weight back towards your heels. Terry Gardner: No Gym - No Excuse: Part 1
Mary's four sisters were rushing around as the four nurses: cleaning cuts, setting arms in slings, and bandaging legs.
Her body persisted in leaning into his warmth, seeking his strength - almost as though it knew something she did not.
Drainage facilities, such as perforated pipes, troughs or culverts, allow hydraulic filter bed cleaning. 8. Classification of roughing filters
Cleaning Thanks to the availability of steam, cleaning is now a simple task, taking very little effort and no elbow grease.
Do something productive but mundane to clear your head, maybe some early spring cleaning. The Sun
The disagreement between the establishment, West-leaning Alsops and the liberal idealist Lerner proved instructive.
Ingredient: fibroin, HA, collagen, vitamin B3, B5, E. Usage: after skin cleaning in the evening, apply proper amount onto palm, then evenly extend onto face, gently massage till absorbed.
Many families do not hesitate to engage boys or girls to help with household chores like cleaning the house, cars, and so on.
For safety and efficiency, clear the loft and prepare the wood by vacuum cleaning it.
I leave them to dry before cleaning the brush and applying a second colour. The Sun
Their other advantages are warmth and ease of cleaning with a carpet sweeper or vacuum cleaner.
This sort of woolly headed thinking that believes only left-leaning intellectuals know what's best for us belongs back in the Dark Ages.
The old man was leaning heavily on a stick.
Leaning back against the ecru toned, linen textured wall, she contemplated crossing the room to flick the light switch that would bathe the room in harsh fluorescent glare, but dismissed the idea.
He said they would consider the results but they would be leaning towards providing a crossing on the street.
I do have a cleaning day but b/c we pick up and keep things tiddy I don't need to do this every week and it doesn't take long at all. Bringing Serenity to the Home
Channing believed that the hardness of the city's well water made cleaning almost impossible to accomplish, since soap would not lather with water that contained impurities.
I arrived back to find that someone had kindly left a large ladder leaning against the side of my flat by my living room window.
By all means make it look appetising, but do not overdo the plate-decorating, nor feel you have to emulate restaurants, and stack everything up like the leaning tower of Pisa.
With some difficulty, we managed to dissuade our left-leaning daughter from buying pint-sized T-shirts for our preschool grandchildren.
Cleaning your image sensor is scary if you have never done this, and there was a learning curve using the right ratio of fluid on the swabs. Top Five Things not to do in Digital Photography « The Art of Life
Interdental cleaning tools such as dental floss and interdental brushes can help you clean hard-to-reach areas of your teeth, such as between the teeth and under the gumline.
They keep jabbering about deceit and cleaning up the government.
Directly opposite Damocles, two men were making a very thorough job of cleaning the window of a newsagent's. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Claim 4 relates to an upright appliance on wheels having a cleaning head with a rotatable brush at the dirty air inlet.
He was leaning over in the chair, elbows resting casually on his knees.
In an embayed recess among the surrounding yew trees, leaning her back against the pedestal of a pleasantly comic version of the Medici Venus, executed by some nameless mason of the seicento, he saw Mary pensively sitting. Crome Yellow
Photos Emily Veach/The Wall Street Journal One of the tests involves romping around in a pit of mud before climbing one of the many surfaces on ramps and hydraulic lifts, in order to determine a sole's self-cleaning properties. Vibram Gains Foothold in China
I gazed out at the stars, leaning my elbows on the edge, for awhile before answering.
But something was wrong with the picture - the bails remained firmly on the wicket, despite the leaning leg stump.
This is simply a push-up leaning against a door frame. The Sun
No point having the dirtiest car in Lincolnshire if you go doing daft things like cleaning it.
These techniques are used to degrease metal, to provide protection for substrates, and for deburring, surface smoothing and polishing, ball burnishing, cleaning, and pickling or descaling.
They had owned a modest dry cleaning establishment in the neighbourhood. The Times Literary Supplement
No one noticed we had been running around emptying bins and cleaning up.
Instead she spent time endlessly cleaning and polishing communal areas as bemused staff and residents looked on. The Sun
Probably she didn't form the same intimate relationship with her daily gleanings that she had with her bottles of slush syrup. THE RECYCLED CITIZEN
We were plagued by unannounced visits, scrutiny of our cleaning methods and numerous viewings. Times, Sunday Times
‘But cleaning luminaires has not been a high priority with many users as maintenance budgets are reduced,’ says Frank.
He spends hours cleaning that motorcycle - it's his pride and joy.
‘Oh, you know,’ Jesse said, ‘cleaning bedpans, giving patients sponge baths.’
I've been in many homes where the cleaning help is treated as subhuman.
A little farther away, he caught sight of Yoller, leaning unsteadily against the trunk of a small sycamore. THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
The garden is managed organically and guests are provided with a full range of eco-friendly cleaning products, recycling and composting facilities. Times, Sunday Times
I find it find amussing that the average American i talk to, regaurdless of political leanings, is completely against the current wars and very much against engaging in another war. U.S. military plans against Iran being updated
He said that regular cleaning had been carried out, but that it had a down side in that damage could be caused to fragile books and bindings.
The travertine floors had been freshly waxed, and Tara could smell lemon cleaning solution. Rogue Oracle
When getting a boar ready for a show the other area that might well need special cleaning is his grease spot, which is found at the base of the spine and tends to be greaser than the rest of the coat.
Chair pads make great liners for the bottom of the kennels because they are absorbant and make cleaning up most accidents much easier. Advice?
I thought of calling Corbin Tyler and leaning on him, too. Remember Me, Irene

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