12 example sentences using rest.
Rest used in a sentence
Rest in a sentence as a noun
While the rest of the tech sector exploded and prospered, it stayed still.
Because the person it most affects wants it that way and the rest of us should respect that person's wishes to keep it so.
But this is a very serious situation and if left unchecked it may damage the potential for you to do good work for the rest of your life.
One guy quits because he doesn't like how things went, the rest make me de facto leader and when corporate paperwork comes around I put myself as CEO.
The faster you get things done, and the more thorough and error-free they are, the more ideas you can execute on, which means you will learn faster in the future too. Over the long term, programming skill is like compound interest.
It's not that we're self-centered--it's that so much of the rest of the world is presented through some exploitative nostalgia that we hold it suspect.
Rest in a sentence as a verb
By exposing questionable decisions and arguably a number of war crimes, Manning broke his oath with the US Army but did a much greater service to the rest of us.
The sheer amount of fakeness delivered through ads and ******** mass media has made us very interested in "real" things, in hanging out with our friends, in starting families.
From a post from Microsoft in 2011:First, in 2006 Google acquired YouTubeand since then it has put in place a growing number of technical measures to restrict competing search engines from properly accessing it for their search results.
Why don't we let Reddit be Reddit, and HN be HN?Why would I want HN to be a megaphone for Famous Joe Blow X when I'd much rather have him actively participating and helping out in the threads with the rest of us?This is a very bad idea in my opinion.
What is this then?If PG does not want to stop this blatant and continuous moderator abuse, he might as well declare HN a Google and Linux fiefdom so that the rest of us using other platforms and who can think for ourselves and are not Microsoft haters can stay away.
If they feel bad for the environment they chose to work in and the work they chose to do, maybe they should look in the mirror and ask if they ought to reconsider their choices and do something that doesn't draw shame and contempt from the rest of the world while undermining their county's interests.
Rest definitions
something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
See also: ease repose relaxation
a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest"
a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
not move; be in a resting position
take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
See also: breathe
give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"
be at rest
stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"
rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"
See also: pillow
be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"