come to rest
Example Sentences
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A lost wife, a straying man, a better life, a place to come to rest, a purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Understanding how these newly identified breaks influence future ruptures will help refine hazard assessments and deepen our understanding of how Earth's most powerful geological engines ultimately come to rest.
From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2025
Initially, Intuitive Machines, which built Odysseus, said that the craft had landed upright, but a subsequent analysis of data showed that it had come to rest at an angle.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024
The first picture of the stricken Slim spacecraft shows it rotated 90 degrees from how it should have come to rest.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024
It had come to rest on its side.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
