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Example sentences for "repose"

Lexicographically close words:
reporteth; reporting; reportorial; reports; repos; reposed; reposeful; reposes; reposeth; reposing
  1. Her thoughts were so pleasant, that in place of the languid air of repose in her dark, shaded eyes, they would flash out as she listened with a gratified smile to Murad's eastern compliments and the soft deference in his voice.

  2. For I cannot conceive of a more happy man than he who, having been long loaded with public cares, finds himself relieved from them, and enjoying private repose in the bosom of his friends and family.

  3. Failing asleep as readily as usual, her repose was disturbed by a succession of frightful dreams; the central figure in every one of them being the figure of her dead brother, the first Lord Montbarry.

  4. Then, a supernatural movement disturbed the rigid repose of the dead face.

  5. The theological reaction was no longer the spiritual aspiration of Germany seeking repose after doubt, but a political movement veiled under an ecclesiastical colour.

  6. To which end we are to consider, that the Felicity of this life, consisteth not in the repose of a mind satisfied.

  7. Nothing to do," is repose for the body, respite for the mind.

  8. Will thy celestial clemency grant me at length the repose of the sepulchre, which, until now, alas!

  9. I cannot express to you, my friend, the enchanting repose of this picture, lighted by the last rays of the sun, here and there broken by the thick foliage.

  10. And if ever he found periods of repose in the midst of his infinite grief, it was when the hand of the Lord led him into deep solitudes, like that where he now dragged his steps along.

  11. The spirit of the unburied dead man, having neither place of repose nor means of subsistence, wandered through the town and country, occupied with no other thought than that of attacking and robbing the living.

  12. Upon the former a lovely spiritual repose had long since descended.

  13. Her dark eyes looked as if they found repose there, so quietly did they rest on the face of the old man, who was plainly a clergyman.

  14. This is the only aim that sees itself realized and fulfilled, the only pole of repose amid the ceaseless change of events and conditions, and the sole efficient principle that pervades them.

  15. In this last respect sculpture should be credited with having first revealed the inner and spiritual essence in its eternal repose and essential self-possession.

  16. It is accordingly not in the Elegiacs of Ovid, flowing as a counter-stream to Lethe, that we may discern Bettina's gesture of immortal repose as a metamorphosed heroine.

  17. To such repose and unity with itself corresponds only that external element which itself persists in unity and repose.

  18. I desire that our Committee, in which we repose such confidence, should apply themselves to it, and see if there is any remedy for this terrible crime.

  19. There will be that repose which comes from harmony, and also that simplicity which comes from one prevailing law, both essential to the idea of Republic.

  20. After all its trials, the country needs repose,--it deserves repose; but repose can be found only in everlasting principles.

  21. It seemed hard that they could not always repose a similar confidence in me.

  22. With this I am about to stir up and bring forth for your inspection the living and identical ghost whose snoring disturbed your repose last night.

  23. But in that apparent repose there was a tremendous exertion of two struggling forces.

  24. The cadi, a pompous vulgar old man, now met us, and signified that we might as well repose at his chardak, but from inhospitality or fanaticism, gave us neither pipes nor coffee.

  25. There Martuccio took Costanza to wife and held great and goodly nuptials; after which they long in peace and repose had enjoyment of their loves.

  26. Ere long, that attitude of repose would pass away--that soft smile would change to the harsh frown of passion.

  27. To pass the night under the same roof with a man who intends to murder you is anything but pleasant, and repose under the circumstance, is next to impossible.

  28. It was destined that this repose should not be of long continuance.

  29. Sole One of youthful vigor, guarding his frontier: suffering not his subjects to faint, but causing the Pat[209] to repose unto full daylight.

  30. Twice great is the lord of his city: he is as it were a cool lodge, letting every man repose unto full daylight.

  31. He is stout of heart when he seeth multitudes, he letteth none repose beyond what his desire would spare.

  32. The blessed state of well-earned repose and rewards, both in this world and in the next, after faithful service.

  33. Oh, come and repose by thy dragoman's side!

  34. While looking for a spot where I might repose in safety, my attention was attracted to a small green plant of so lively a hue as to form a striking contrast with deep pine foliage.

  35. Buoyed by the hope of finding food and counsel, and another night of undisturbed repose in the sand, I resumed my journey along the shore, and at noon found the camp last occupied by my friends on the lake.

  36. I wish these written words to go proclaiming for me throughout the world that I am ready to ask my lord the king for peace, for the repose of his kingdom and for my own.

  37. I well know that, whenever I go beyond my duty, God will no longer bless me; and I shall do so whenever, without reason and in sheer lightness of heart, I attack my king and trouble the repose of his kingdom.

  38. In the application of this rule, it is an undoubted duty to exercise a commendable prudence, by refusing to repose any important trust to the keeping of persons who may be strangers to us, and whose trustworthiness we have never seen tried.

  39. The mountains brooded around them like great shadows, their outlines gemmed with stars, and the very genius of repose seemed to settle down upon the weary man and woman who were in the thick of their life's battle.

  40. Now you see what absolute confidence I repose in you, and how heavily this strange story bears against myself.

  41. The State Bed-room, or second George Room, is the bed-room set apart for the repose of royalty, and its furniture and decorations are of great richness.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "repose" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abide; abnegation; abstinence; balance; bed; bedtime; calm; calmness; coast; comfort; composure; conservatism; consist; constraint; contemplation; continence; control; convenience; cool; couch; crawl; deposit; dispassion; doze; dreamland; drowse; ease; evenness; freedom; freeze; gentleness; grovel; hibernation; idle; impartiality; inactivity; judiciousness; lay; leisure; lie; lodge; loll; lounge; lounging; lying; mildness; neutrality; pacifism; peace; peacefulness; prostration; prudence; quiet; quietism; quietude; recline; reclining; recreation; recumbency; relaxation; remain; repose; rest; restraint; retirement; serenity; silence; sleep; slumber; sobriety; somnambulism; sprawl; stability; stand; stay; stick; stillness; tact; tarry; temperance; tranquillity; trust