halting-place
Example Sentences
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No obvious halting-place, I say; for the point which at first seems abruptly transitional has been already shown to be only the critical point of a continuous curve.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
He hastily arranges a retreat, and he and his men clamber over the mountains, perhaps under a burning sun, and reach their halting-place at night, exhausted with thirst, hunger, and fatigue.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
We had chosen Turkey Creek as our halting-place, and rode at a quick pace in order to reach our camping-ground by daylight.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
Nevertheless, it is quite possible that S. Christoval was named Bouro by emigrants from the Malay Island after their old home, and that S. Christoval was a halting-place of the race on their journey eastward.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil
The whole of that day's route was an ascent, and the halting-place was nearly 9000 feet in altitude.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
