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
Air safety expert David Learmount said that if the "obstruction" was not there, the plane "would have been come to rest with most - possibly all - those on board still alive".
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024
The bird, now gold so close to the sun, would come to rest on the thatch of a hut, which, until the bird’s two feet touched it, was camouflaged as part of the mountainside.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
