in repose

phrase

formal + literary

: at rest : sleeping

His face in repose is serious and thoughtful.

Examples of in repose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Taken by Hujar in 1985, the black-and-white image shows Jackie in repose, dressed in a suit, with a fresh white flower in his buttonhole and a lovely drawing of him, in full makeup, positioned near his left shoulder. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Nakamura, who works almost exclusively in his native Japan, smooths over those divisions, creating reverent, porous structures that open to the landscape or curl in on themselves in repose. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026

Monday, March 2 – Jackson will lie in repose at the South Carolina Statehouse. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026

His body will lie in repose at the foundation's headquarters in Rome on Wednesday and Thursday. — CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for in repose

• agarose
• aliquots
• amigos
• anthracnose
• bottlenose
• buffaloes
• bungalows
• calicoes
• cameos
• commandos
• conversos
• decompose