half rest

He spent most of the second half resting.

The bottom half rests in the fixed part of the motor, or stator.

Two halves rested gently on the bookcase I examined the inside of one half.

Andy was lying down, nodding, his head half resting in Meg's lap.

The half rest (or minim rest) denotes a silence for the same duration.

Travis came down beside her then, his body half resting over her, hands framing her face.

Half rests are drawn as filled-in rectangles sitting on top of the middle line of the musical staff.

But she kept swimming until she was literally upon him-half floating, half resting on his broad back.

I raised it over my head, flat of the blade half resting on my shoulder, and ran for Nikolaos.

She splashed into the shallows to where Martin was half floating, half resting on the muddy bottom of the lake.

He half rested, turning in a step-stop motion, his sword held vertical, reversing himself, reversing.

He planted his big red hands solidly on the counter and his thick body, wrapped in blood-spattered white cloth, half rested on the top.

Liedral's eyes flutter, and her voice is almost childlike as she half rests, half lies in Dorrin's arms.

He was lying with his head and shoulders out of bed, in an uncomfortable attitude, half resting on the box which had cost him so much pain and trouble.

AGAINST A DARK BACKGROUND 447" He laughed, and then she felt herself lifted up by the armpits until she was half resting on her knees.

KNEELING Probably the most comfortable of all the rear-entry positions is the one in which the woman kneels on the floor with her upper half resting on the bed and the man kneeling behind her.

Angels on widespread wings soar from cloud to cloud, half resting on the semisolid cloud edges on their flights to and from the scattered mountain citadels that rear tall into the domain of the angels.

Piles of half-frozen four-foot by 18-inch pieces of turf folded in half rested in a far corner of the hall surrounded by a variety of conifers and shrubs, hay bales and a few small hardwood trees.

In response, most of Crutchley's warships went to "Condition II" the night of August 8, which meant that half the crews were on duty while the other half rested, either in their bunks or near their battle stations.

As opposed to reformist strikes, many of these strikers made no clear demands (or intentionally absurd demands; for example, the demand to be given seven and a half rest hours in an eight-hour day); in some cases workers demanded no less than the end of capitalism.

Another favourite position of his was sitting with his back to me, his rear half resting on the floor of the boat and his front half on the bench, his face buried into the stern, paws right next to his head, looking as if we were playing hide-and-seek and he were the one counting.