in repose

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On Friday, hundreds gathered in the village to pay respect to Ms Whyte and her children as they lay in repose together.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

While her maybe-beau stays forced in repose, Iris cycles through all the different types of women she could be.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025

The space feels somewhere between a crypt and a cathedral, featuring paintings and bronze sculptures of reclining Black bodies, spread out in repose or entombed like corpses, that appear to glow from within.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Dec. 18, with a funeral service at the National Cathedral the following day, the court said Monday.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Kate’s face was in repose, but she was remembering every word of that interview.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck