in repose
idiom
formal + literary
: at rest : sleeping
His face in repose is serious and thoughtful.
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Logo points out an ostrich in mating position and a leopard in repose.
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Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2024
In scenes that find the Höss family in repose on the banks of the Sola, sound creates a canopy of futile escapism — the woodpeckers echoing the machine guns, the turtledoves grieving in the trees, the unceasing wails of Hedwig’s baby Annagret.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
The large scale canvas features a woman on an interior chaise lounge in repose and with glittering rhinestone accents that make the oil and acrylic pastiche glitter and glimmer.
—Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
In it, a dark copper statue sits—its face obscured by the hood of an ankle-length cloak, like a grim reaper in repose—amid barren branches in the snow.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
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Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2024
In scenes that find the Höss family in repose on the banks of the Sola, sound creates a canopy of futile escapism — the woodpeckers echoing the machine guns, the turtledoves grieving in the trees, the unceasing wails of Hedwig’s baby Annagret.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
The large scale canvas features a woman on an interior chaise lounge in repose and with glittering rhinestone accents that make the oil and acrylic pastiche glitter and glimmer.
—Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
In it, a dark copper statue sits—its face obscured by the hood of an ankle-length cloak, like a grim reaper in repose—amid barren branches in the snow.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
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“In repose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20repose. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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