Thesaurus / resting
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In an era where “load management”—basically, resting and resting and resting—is in vogue, staying home for the Tokyo Olympics would have been the safest of bets for Durant.
OTHER NBA SUPERSTARS DITCHED THE OLYMPICS. KEVIN DURANT SHOWED UP, AND HE'S KEEPING TEAM USA ON TRACK FOR THE GOLDSEAN GREGORY/TOKYOAUGUST 3, 2021TIMEIn 1990-91, the defending champion Detroit Pistons won 50 games as “a pair of floating ligaments that dared become detached from their rightful resting place” limited Isiah Thomas to only 48 games, as Barry Cooper wrote in January of 1991.
THE LAKERS AREN’T LIKE ANY DEFENDING CHAMPS WE’VE SEENLOUIS ZATZMANMAY 18, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTLook for a model that includes a thumb rest, too, as it will encourage and contribute to maintaining a more neutral resting position overall.
BEST ERGONOMIC MOUSE: COMPUTER ACCESSORIES DESIGNED FOR YOUPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 18, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEBe sure to check out how long it takes for the battery to become full once it’s been depleted and make sure you are getting a cable that matches up with the length you need to get from the outlet to the desired resting place.
BEST BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS: FIVE THINGS TO CONSIDERCARSEN JOENKNOVEMBER 24, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEIt returns your muscles and tendons to their normal resting length, and it doesn’t make sense to do that before contracting them while you exercise, Stanforth says.
THERE’S A BETTER WAY TO WARM UP THAN STRETCHINGJOHN KENNEDYSEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEDuring this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNThen, his hand resting on the handle of the cab-door, this expression suddenly changed to one of alert suspicion.
DOPESAX ROHMERThe body was resting upon a plank supported by four stakes and covered with skins.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSShe turned back into the room and began to walk to and fro down its whole length without stopping, without resting.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINTwo pretty little birds, quite exhausted by their long flight, were resting upon one of the yards.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERWORDS RELATED TO RESTING
- at peace
- clear
- collected
- comfortable
- composed
- content
- cool
- cool as a cucumber
- dispassionate
- easy
- easygoing
- fair
- halcyon
- imperturbable
- laid-back
- limpid
- patient
- peaceful
- pellucid
- phlegmatic
- placid
- poised
- quiescent
- quiet
- reconciled
- resting
- satisfied
- sedate
- self-possessed
- smooth
- still
- stoical
- tranquil
- unflappable
- unruffled
- untroubled
- at liberty
- between jobs
- closed-down
- disengaged
- down
- fired
- free
- idle
- inactive
- jobless
- laid-off
- leisured
- loafing
- on layoff
- on the bench
- on the dole
- on the shelf
- out of a job
- out of action
- out of work
- resting
- unapplied
- underemployed
- unengaged
- unexercised
- unoccupied
- unused
- without gainful employment
- workless
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