halting-place
Example Sentences
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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
The bank was well chosen for a halting-place; it was high and dry, also free from mosquitoes.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
In this manner the time passed till, to my delight, I saw lights in the distance, which proved to me that a portion of the laager had already reached the halting-place.
From Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel)
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)
To her it was just a halting-place on her journey into the unknown regions of life.
From Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel by Veley, Margaret
