in repose

idiom

formal + literary

: at rest : sleeping

His face in repose is serious and thoughtful.

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My favorite film acting is acting in repose, acting in reflection. —

Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 In the back of the small showroom, a blue dual-motor R1T pickup sat parked with a mountain bike atop the roof rack, its headlights glowing in repose. —

Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2024 There’s the pug in repose on a bay-window banquette in a $12.95 million townhouse on the Upper East Side. —

Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 June 2024 The report contends that, in repose to legal challenges and public concerns about straightforward bans on certain kinds of expression, proponents of censorship are increasingly trying to camouflage their tactics. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in repose