How to Use rest with in a Sentence

rest with

phrasal verb
  • If so, the shame and disgrace will rest with the accusers, not the accused.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Give your dog a cozy place to rest with this reliable and durable bed.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2023
  • During that trip, our days were spent rising with the sun and resting with the stars.
    Deborah Calmeyer, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Prep for rest with a bath or shower instead of a workout.
    Mara Santilli, SELF, 27 June 2024
  • Joshua Dobbs will rest with Deshaun Watson and the other starters.
    cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Some researchers say much of the blame rests with the company itself.
    science.org, 3 July 2024
  • The decision to end life rest with the mother, her family and God.
    Darlene Cerezo Swaffar, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
  • But the real, long-term determinant of weight rests with the types of foods eaten.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But the ultimate decisions on how to proceed rests with the top CEOs.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Where the case goes after that rests with the county Board of Supervisors.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
  • After multiple legal challenges, the future of the plan rests with the U.S. Supreme Court.
    Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 14 June 2023
  • The burden of ethical use should rest with those who use open-source code to build A.I. products as opposed to those who write the code.
    Frederik Hvilshøj, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • The council denied it, arguing that the final say over the county’s land-use laws rests with them.
    Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Adding to the complexity is that a lot of power also rests with the states, many of which have been loath to involve the feds in their response.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Missouri led 20-0 at halftime and if there were any doubts about the direction the game was heading the Tigers put them to rest with a blitz to start the second half.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2023
  • That is not the same as keeping a grip on power — in Iran, the power to make most major decisions rests with the supreme leader.
    Peter Kenyon, NPR, 27 June 2024
  • How the plants awakened from a decades-long rest with such zest has perplexed soil biologists.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • The reputation of a venture fund often rests with its LPs.
    Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
  • In many ways that challenge rests with Romasanta, who has deep ties to Stockton, where Itliong settled in the 1940s.
    David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • In Yolo County, just west of Sacramento, the decision on whether to pursue the death penalty rests with one man, Dist.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • Instead of stressing over sleep, try to focus on resting with your eyes closed instead.
    Georgia Day, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Its construction combines aluminum on the lid and palm rest with plastic on the underside of the chassis.
    PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
  • When bedtime calls, there’s nothing better than slipping into a cozy bed and getting a good night’s rest with a pair of soft sheets.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But there's little doubt that the decision on how long to continue the war rests with President Putin alone.
    Charles Maynes, NPR, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Another difference between a fish's sleep and that of mammals is fish rest with their eyes open.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • Any questions about Prime Video’s ability to draw a mass audience has been put to rest with those numbers.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Any hope that the position would suddenly play a major role in USC’s offense this season seemed to be put to rest with the injury.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
  • His frequent reminders to the public that the power to determine the nation’s future rests with them were moving if a tad, well, rote.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • In the end, the ability of either candidate to significantly grow or change the ACA rests with Congress.
    Stephanie Armour | Kff Health News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • One goose, named Edes, was preening quietly; others were resting with their beaks pointed tailward, nestled into their feathers.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024

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