resting place
Example Sentences
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They say pissed off spirits wander in the night looking for their resting place.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Most of those exhumed and reburied in Khartoum are identified, Zein al-Abdeen said, by families who buried their loved ones themselves but needed authorities to give them a proper resting place.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
"We have also now found the original sleeping cherub and a couple of other items stolen from James's resting place."
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
Mr. Gallot expresses relief that the family of Johnny Hallyday, the “French Elvis,” chose St. Barts, in the Caribbean, over Père-Lachaise as the singer’s resting place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
She reached up and lifted the nearest skull gently out of its resting place.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
