halting-place
Example Sentences
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The loveliest spot we ever found on earth is but a halting-place for the traveller—an oasis for the caravan in the desert.
From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Cross, Joseph
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
Sir Charles Staveley arrived to-day with his force, which slept last night at a halting-place at the foot of the ghaut.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The Torretta degraded to a halting-place of tramcars!
From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.
The next day, the 8th January, 1915, the battalion arrived at this pleasant halting-place, and cleared up the remnants of the poultry-yard and piggery.
From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John
