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
Not far from the school is a marshy wetland, where ducks, geese and migrating birds come to rest and relax, a smorgasbord for a pair of eagles and their young.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
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
But I was tired, and worried about getting down the incline without breaking a leg, so I tossed the pack over the edge and hoped it would come to rest where I could retrieve it.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
