halting-place
Example Sentences
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About nightfall they reached their halting-place, a small village about ten miles distant from Durban, where they obtained a supply of fresh milk and mealies, resuming their journey on the following day.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
"That means that their halting-place is five or six miles from this grove," said he.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Meanwhile, Brigham was leading his companies across the prairies to Council Bluffs, their temporary halting-place.
From The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It by Beers, R. W.
Yet the long High Street still contains a few quaint frontages of the seventeenth century, and our halting-place has a curious sign of wrought ironwork.
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
The bank was well chosen for a halting-place; it was high and dry, also free from mosquitoes.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
