repose

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When our granddaughter Raleigh, then 2, met Doc, he was in his bed in the kitchen, one of his five places of repose around our house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

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

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

When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë