halting-place
Example Sentences
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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.
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.
A tavern erected shortly afterwards was named the “Heroes of Waterloo,” and became subsequently the halting-place for the coaches on this, the first stage out of Portsmouth and the last from London.
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
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
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)
