halting-place
Example Sentences
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The loveliest spot we ever found on earth is but a halting-place for the traveller—an oasis for the caravan in the desert.
From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Cross, Joseph
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
Sir Charles Staveley arrived to-day with his force, which slept last night at a halting-place at the foot of the ghaut.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The next day, the 8th January, 1915, the battalion arrived at this pleasant halting-place, and cleared up the remnants of the poultry-yard and piggery.
From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John
Fifth, and last, because if this ship carried three millions, we must find a source for this silver, and a halting-place for it.
