repose

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And although they recall many wordless moments of repose between takes, the shoot enlivened the actors far more than it exhausted them.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

A moral universe in which I can meaningfully tell my beads for the repose of the souls of departed friends and family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 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

Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

Death, she often said, was waiting to snatch her from her work, and so she kept her hours of repose as brief and businesslike as possible.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom