resting

Example Sentences

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Instead of resting, I spend the morning working on my letter, on Lighthouse Motel stationery I found tucked in the drawer of the nightstand.

From Literature

He found her in her office, sitting on a rectangular mat with her legs folded and her hands resting gently on her knees.

From Literature

“She did a great job and is now resting,” the nonprofit wrote in a Friday evening update.

From Los Angeles Times

Excitons form inside semiconductors when electrons absorb energy and jump from their resting state in the valence band to a higher energy state in the conduction band.

From Science Daily

It featured a female panther resting its paws on a severed head, and was probably attached to the body of a carriage or wagon or to the yoke, which hitched draught animals to the vehicle.

From BBC