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in repose

ADJECTIVE

asleep

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comatose dormant

WEAK

catching some zzz's conked crashed dozing dreaming flaked out getting shut-eye hibernating in dreamland inactive inert napping on the kip out out cold out like a light out of it reposing resting sacked out sleeping slumbering snoozing snoring somnolent taking forty winks

Antonyms

WEAK

attentive awake conscious

Example Sentences

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They will lie in repose together in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Ms Whyte's home village of Barefield from 15:00 until 19:00 BST.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 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

The service was held after the public was able to visit O’Connor’s casket, lying in repose at the Supreme Court the day prior.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2023

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

in repose

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