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
"I knew it was!" cried Nellie, her miserable suspicions put at rest.
From The Just and the Unjust by Bracker, M. Leone
The fact that an ocean washed the eastern coast of Asia was proved by him, and this put at rest forever the theory that there was an impassable swamp east of Asia.
From Discoverers and Explorers by Shaw, Edward R. (Edward Richard)
