put at rest
Example Sentences
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Taylor said his mind was put at rest at a cast dinner before shooting on the movie began.
From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2021
She considered the hearing "an absurd circus" and wanted to testify as soon as she was medically able "in order to put at rest false rumors, innuendos and outright lies."
From Time Magazine Archive
These rumors are automatically put at rest by the explicit announcement that he will follow tradition and run again.
From Time Magazine Archive
A question of such serious importance ought now to be put at rest.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel
That evening I had the certificate framed and hung over the dining-room fireplace, trusting that the continual sight of it would forever put at rest at once the dreams and stratagems of my household.
From I and My Chimney by Melville, Herman
