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
  • Joshua Dobbs will rest with Deshaun Watson and the other starters.
    cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The bonus was that the victory came all while giving Max Muncy a day of rest with Fried on the mound, following his first-career three-homer game on Saturday.
    Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 5 May 2024
  • This is probably the biggest risk to Trump, and the likelihood that he would be convicted in Fulton County rests with this.
    Anthony Michael Kreis, The Conversation, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Gift your mom a luxurious night's rest with any purchase from this GH Bedding Award winner.
    Samantha Jones, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2023
  • Horner's fate will ultimately rest with Red Bull's owners.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Biden’s fate rests with a jury of 12 Delawareans — six men and six women, with three female alternates — drawn from all corners of the First Family’s home state.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • So the last hope for this paradisiacal island to find closure, for proper grieving and healing, rests with man’s best friend.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Reubens always knew that his legacy rested with the character who defined his career.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
  • Military funding now rests with finding a compromise between the House and Senate bills, because the House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 16 July 2023
  • Wen and Bo were far from the only ancient Chinese royals laid to rest with animal companions for the afterlife.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Final determinations on what happens to the properties rest with the judge.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But for a leader who rules by projecting invincibility and fear, who claims credit for almost anything that happens in India, the blame for anything that goes wrong must also rest with him.
    Salil Tripathi, TIME, 5 June 2024

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