How to Use in repose in a Sentence

in repose

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• In the past, justices have lain in repose in the Supreme Court’s Great Hall for only one day.
  — Annie Karni, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2020
• Near one end of the garages, a quartet of fire-engine-red quadrupeds crouched in repose.
  — David Montgomery, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
• Ginsburg will lie in repose in front of the court again Thursday.
  — Paul Cobler, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
• Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, a court spokeswoman said Monday.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2020
• Ginsburg has been lying in repose at the Supreme Court, where members of the public were invited to pay their respects.
  — CBS News, 25 Sep. 2020
• The idea is never to leave a departed Justice alone; the ritual is an enduring one at the Court, but a Justice hasn’t laid in repose for such a long time in recent history.
  — Jay Wexler, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
• For Moore's cameo, the actress was filmed in repose on a leather couch opposite model Bella Hadid, who was also decked out in sultry, black underwear.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Oct. 2020
• Ginsburg, who died on Friday at the age of 87 due to complications from cancer, will lie in repose under the portico at the top of the front steps to allow for public viewing outdoors on Wednesday and Thursday.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2020
• As if potting up channels on a studio mixing board, the sounds blended into a symphony that soon blossomed into a sonic fullness, the soundtrack of a river in repose.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
• But the psychology and the practicalities of the story are ultimately thinly sketched, the abrupt transitions calculated to elide reflection in repose.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2021
• Animal Control is competent but not spirited, despite a relatively novel premise that allows as a matter of course for the majestic sight of a cougar in repose or the slapstick one of ostriches chasing after a terrified and confused man.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024