Sentence examples for while leaning on from inspiring English sources

On choice nights, a bluegrass band sets up in the back, and enthusiasts can gather around or climb up to the second floor – a modest loft space – and watch the band from above while leaning on the railings.

But she is all the while leaning on old-style socialist policies that have been ditched by almost every other mainstream left-wing party in Europe.The contradiction was exposed last weekend in a packed conference hall outside Paris, where Ms Royal finally unveiled her "presidential pact".

We all talked a while, leaning on Barclay's beat-up little truck and playing with his brown mutt, named Brown.

Delightful spread on crackers or shovelled bare-handed into one's mouth while leaning on the fridge after an evening of that other type of smoking.

"Bye-bye," said Mr. Kwol, waving his right hand while leaning on his crutches.

Vick stayed down on the field for several moments, then walked off while leaning on a trainer.

The easygoing verb is defined in the O.E.D. as "to move indolently, resting between-whiles or leaning on something for support," which grew out of an earlier meaning, "to skulk, to slouch".

Its effects tend to on our most hard-wired, easily summoned feelings, usually while leaning heavily on Hollywood, art history or the Bible.

"There's always the duality," he said while leaning back on his living room couch surrounded by paintings and photographs of his ancestors.

Sara Jakubiak, the soprano, wielded her lustrous voice to fine effect as a brazen Fiordiligi, singing "Come scoglio" her showpiece aria, while leaning forward on the bench with her hair covering her face.

Their second album fulfils the premise of its title with more ravishing arrangements by Owen Pallett, while leaning less on the Scott Walker/Morricone stylings that gave their 2008 debut a whiff of pastiche.