Sample Sentences forrepose (auto-selected)
repose as in: repose on the sofa
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After a few sherries she tells me what a lovely thing it is to have a little money so you can leave it to the Church for Masses to be said for the repose of your soul. (source)repose = to give rest or peace to
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Thinking it unnecessary to disturb your esteemed repose, we have proceeded in advance to... (source)repose = rest
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And very comfortable beds they are too! But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays. You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades? (source)
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"It's a lot nicer than going round by the road; that is so dusty and hot," said Diana practically, peeping into her dinner basket and mentally calculating if the three juicy, toothsome, raspberry tarts reposing there were divided among ten girls how many bites each girl would have. (source)reposing = lying
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I thought the doctors must all be in it together, and that somewhere in this hospital, in a hidden corner, there reposed a machine exactly like Doctor Gordon's, ready to jolt me out of my skin. (source)reposed = rested or lay
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It feels like a lead anchor, sinking in a sea of quilt, tugging me toward repose. (source)repose = rest (sleep)
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"I drink," he said, "to the buried that repose around us." (source)repose = lie (are reclined)
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The shelf on which the cup reposed was out of reach for any of them, even Ron, who was tallest.† (source)
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And like the seasons you are also, And though in your winter you deny your spring, Yet spring, reposing within you, smiles in her drowsiness and is not offended. (source)reposing = resting
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Blackly he reposes, tender face the color of soot, withered limbs like veins of coal, feet lumps of driftwood hung with shriveled grapes!† (source)
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dost thou think, If I would stand against thee, would the reposal Of any trust, virtue, or worth in thee Make thy words faith'd?† (source)
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There was a general bustle, a rustling of the women's gowns and shuffling of the men's feet, greatly at variance with that hushed repose which should attend the entrance of the minister. (source)repose = rest
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Ellen had stepped to the mantel to take her rosary beads from the small inlaid casket in which they always reposed when Mammy spoke up with firmness.† (source)
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He was employed in a vague personal capacity — while he remained with Cody he was in turn steward, mate, skipper, secretary, and even jailor, for Dan Cody sober knew what lavish doings Dan Cody drunk might soon be about, and he provided for such contingencies by reposing more and more trust in Gatsby.† (source)
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It was the first time that Emma had heard such words spoken to herself, and her pride, like one who reposes bathed in warmth, expanded softly and fully at this glowing language.† (source)
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But what was particularly impressive was her otherworldly repose upon discovery.† (source)
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