He sat at the table reading a book, his back straight, his head bent as if in prayer.

NEWYORKER: Temporary

After limbering up, he bent his knees slightly and leaned back gradually, pulling the car 15 feet.

WSJ: At These Olympics, It Helps

When I bent my legs and peered in, I could see his back, and the back of his head, and, across the table from him, my smiling radiant wife lifting her wineglass as if in acknowledgment of something he had said.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield