in repose

idiom

formal + literary

: at rest : sleeping

His face in repose is serious and thoughtful.

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The woman in repose offered Victorian viewers an unthreatening sort of sexiness, contained to armchairs and sick beds. —

Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025 The center, where Carter lay in repose before coming to Washington, currently has 3,000 employees and contractors globally. —

Bill Barrow, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025 Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States passed away on Dec. 29 and will lie in repose in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 9 so that thousands of citizens can still pay homage to this humble peanut farmer, a great humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner. —

Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025 Carter had been lying in repose in Atlanta, as part of six days of observances that began Saturday with a service at his boyhood home in Plains, Georgia. —

Caroline Linton, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for in repose