Definition of Repose
a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility
Examples of Repose in a sentence
When you begin to meditate, you need to sit in repose and try to empty your mind of all thoughts. 🔊
Not wishing to disturb whatever might be lying in repose, the troop tiptoed past the cave. 🔊
Sometimes, when I don’t want anyone to bother me, I go to the public library, my favorite place of repose. 🔊
Everyone’s life should have a balance: work and play, activity and repose. 🔊
Anyone who’s ever been through a hurricane will tell you that the eye may indicate a sense of repose, but don’t be fooled by this deceptive signal. 🔊
Every morning, the queen retreated to the chapel for a time of prayer and solitary repose. 🔊
The deer lay in repose in the shadows of the forest, blessedly unaware that hunting season had begun. 🔊
To paraphrase an old saying, there’s no repose for the wicked; some of the truly wicked would probably disagree. 🔊
After the chaos of tax season every year, Don looks forward to several weeks of quiet repose. 🔊
When they’re not lying around in repose, the monkeys at the zoo are hilarious to watch. 🔊
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