requiescat in pace
Example Sentences
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I’ve always liked to think that requiescat in pace is but preface to a longer story.
From Washington Post • May 15, 2020
"The fall of Zacatecas will be Huerta's requiescat in pace," Luis Cervantes cried with unusual excitement.
From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by Munguía, E. (Enrique)
On such occasions, my boy, his casual pace is, if possible, rather more requiescat in "pace" than on ordinary marches.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
The requiescat in pace was scarcely uttered, before the blessing was craved, on the baked meats.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
