halting-place

Example Sentences

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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

I want when we arrive at the halting-place to hand over the command of my detachment to the corporal, and for you to let me go away on my own affairs.

From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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

We learned that Petersen and Bonsall had been at this hospitable halting-place, eaten and rested, and pushed northward under the guidance of Amalatok.

From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell

As immediate environment has an influence in making impressions, my opinion of this halting-place on the borders of "Hoosierdom" was not the most exalted.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.