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How to use rested in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Rested means recovered. Example: “They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.”

More sentences with rested

  • They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.From the entry spell
  • The band of explorers found a shelter behind the waterfall, which they rested at for three days.From the entry shelter
  • The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.From the entry layup
  • The puppy rested its head against a paw.From the entry against
  • His feet rested out of the water.From the entry out of
  • I rested my head in my hands.From the entry rest
  • I rested against the wall for a minute.From the entry rest
  • When the nuns weren't watching, I rested my head on his shoulder.2021 June 10, Anna McPartlin, Waiting for the Miracle: Warm your heart this winter with this uplifting novel from the bestselling author…. From the entry orange
  • Tomorrow, once you're rested, give the concierge desk a call, tell them you're ready for Diggy's tour.2017, Sophie Hannah, Keep Her Safe: A Novel, HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry club car
  • One grief-some January 25 mommy rested never to return for her and daddy went on a walk.2015, Paul Easter, Consciousness Before Conscience. From the entry mommy
  • Liv's head lolled to the side and rested on his shoulder.2015, Mary Davis, chapter 8, in Winning Olivia’s Heart (Heartsong Presents; HP1145), New York, N.Y.: Love Inspired Books, →ISBN, page 104. From the entry loll
  • Artemis's father rested one hand on the rolling ladder, lifting his weight from the artificial limb.2009, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox, Penguin UK, →ISBN. From the entry Artemis
  • On the coffee table rested a sculpture of the fundamental, recombinant DNA of the present transhumans.2008, Christopher Ejsmond, Reflections on Life, →ISBN, page 100. From the entry transhuman
  • My kiddo cuts logs for twelve hours at a stretch, so she's plenty rested.2008, Robin Dutton-Cookston, The Foggiest Idea: Tales of a Displaced Texan in San Francisco Mamaland, page 51. From the entry kiddo
  • North-South rested in five spades, with grand slams in spades and clubs laydown.2008 December 26, Phillip Alder, “Set the Toys Aside and Listen to What the Cards Are Saying”, in The New York Times. From the entry laydown
  • The line of her skimpy panties rested just above her Venus mound.2008, Devyn Quinn, Sins of the Night, Aphrodisia, published 2008, →ISBN. From the entry Venus mound
  • His long legs stretched out, and a cane rested against the side of the chair.2007, Patricia Grasso, Tempting the Prince, page 18. From the entry highbacked
  • After a short struggle, the rapper’s foot rested on the bird-handler’s neck.2005 February 15, “Shortcuts”, in The Guardian. From the entry -izzle
  • I wonder if a person who comes out of a coma feels refreshed and well rested.2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 208. From the entry coma
  • A helm of extraordinary craftsmanship, wroght with amber and gold, rested on his head.2003, Christopher Paolini, “Prologue: Shade of Fear”, in Eragon, page 2. From the entry craftsmanship
  • “Holmesy.” Murchison pulled up and rested against the next desk over.2003, David Corbett, Done for a Dime, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 105. From the entry Holmesy
  • Last night, as they rested in Penang, Malaysia, the rescued passengers relived their ordeal.1999 May 21, Sarah Hall, “Holiday cruisers sing as ship sinks”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media…. From the entry Georgean
  • His gaze shifted from the paddlings of ducks and rested upon a gentle slope opposite the pond.1998, Ge Fei, edited by Jing Wang, China's Avant-Garde Fiction: An Anthology, Duke University Press, Whistling, page 45. From the entry paddling
  • Ultimately their gazes all rested on his cicerone as most powerful member of the group.1987, Michael Brodsky, Xman, page 360. From the entry cicerone
  • "The Butterfly," he said, "is going on to New Amsterdam, when he is rested.1981, Terry Coleman, “16: Fires Quenched by Blood”, in Thanksgiving: a novel in celebration of America, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN…. From the entry our excellencies
  • The Russian’s entire training and subsequent career rested on what Jimmy’s stalky little fingy would do.1979 March 29, Ted Page, “Armidillo Bomb”, in Massachusetts Daily Collegian, volume CVIII, number [108], Amherst, Mass.: University of…. From the entry fingy
  • But it was spikier and it had other spikes curving down—it rested on three of them.1967 February, Algis Budrys, “The Iron Thorn”, in Frederik Pohl, editor, Worlds of IF Science Fiction, volume 17, number 2 (111 overall)…. From the entry spikey
  • Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC. From the entry cool
  • Now that she was rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs.1963, Margery Allingham, “Dangerous Lady”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 36. From the entry remove
  • "When you're fed up, and rested, and all rigged out, you'll be just the type I want."1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13. From the entry rig out
  • Sometimes when horses are sufficiently rested they are reinstated at a later period in relay fashion.1925, Edward Mowbray Tuttle, The Book of Rural Life, page 4414. From the entry chucker
  • "After this the family interest merely rested on heirship of the estate.1911, Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm. From the entry heirship
  • It built him softly round, it roofed him warmly over, it rested, all so firm, on selection.1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry roof
  • Taking a step forward, Nozawa rested her hands on the red handrail that separated the rear consoles from the command center.2017 November, Bernd Perplies, Christian Humberg, Star Trek Prometheus: Fire with Fire, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN…. From the entry xenoarcheological
  • A small handcar rested on the tracks, its iron pump waiting for a human touch to animate it.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 306. From the entry handcar
  • Beers rested on bellies that muffined over shorts.2014, David Mason, Walk Across Australia: The First Solo Crossing, Rosenberg Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry muffin
  • Next Carole examined Dime's back, where the saddle rested, and his girthline, where the girth fastened around his middle.2014, Bonnie Bryant, Saddle Club 63: Stable Hearts, →ISBN. From the entry girthline
  • A decade later, both Heinz and Hunt's introduced a new inverted, squeezable ketchup bottle that rested on its flip-bottom cap.2013, Earl B. Russell, Cold Turkey at Nine: The Memoir of a Problem Child. From the entry squeezable
  • His eyes rested absently on an embroidered polescreen, as if his mind had passed on to quite different matters.2013, Tim Jeal, A Marriage of Convenience. From the entry polescreen
  • Norwegian membership in NATO has rested from the beginning on the principle of nonbasing in times of peace.2013, W. Laqueur, L. Sloss, European Security in the 1990s, page 36. From the entry nonbasing

Meaning of rested

  1. adjective Recovered.

Full definition of rested

Questions about rested in a sentence

How do you use rested in a sentence?
Rested is used as an adjective. For example: “They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.”
What is a short sentence with rested?
“His feet rested out of the water.”
What does rested mean?
Rested means recovered.

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