in repose
idiom
formal + literary
: at rest : sleeping
His face in repose is serious and thoughtful.
Examples of in repose in a Sentence
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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.
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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
Sandra Day O'Connor lies in repose at Supreme Court, will be memorialized at National Cathedral
In another light moment, Roberts recalled O'Connor's comment to a reporter after he was chosen to succeed her on the court.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
The last justice who lay in repose at the court was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female justice.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
The coffin of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died on Dec. 1, arriving at the Supreme Court, where her body was to lie in repose.
—Marc Lacey, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Ahead of the funeral, O'Connor on Monday lay in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, where members of the public -- including Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff -- were able to pay their respects.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
The service came one day after O'Connor lay in repose in the Supreme Court's Great Hall.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
The late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism for more than two decades, is lying in repose in the court's Great Hall on Monday.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
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
Sandra Day O'Connor lies in repose at Supreme Court, will be memorialized at National Cathedral
In another light moment, Roberts recalled O'Connor's comment to a reporter after he was chosen to succeed her on the court.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
The last justice who lay in repose at the court was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second female justice.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
The coffin of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died on Dec. 1, arriving at the Supreme Court, where her body was to lie in repose.
—Marc Lacey, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Ahead of the funeral, O'Connor on Monday lay in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, where members of the public -- including Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff -- were able to pay their respects.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
The service came one day after O'Connor lay in repose in the Supreme Court's Great Hall.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
The late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism for more than two decades, is lying in repose in the court's Great Hall on Monday.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
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“In repose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20repose. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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