How to Use resting place in a Sentence
resting place
noun-
Even in death, some have to queue for their resting place.
— Maggie Levantovskaya, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2023 -
The ship is considered a final resting place for the 95 sailors killed in the attack.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023 -
Due to the burning and now weather, ice and the ships' shallow resting place, the wrecks have faced wear and damage over the years.
— Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2023 -
So many of our brothers and sisters use St. V’s Park or front steps as a resting place.
— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024 -
Among them is the ossuary where six million Parisians find their resting place.
— Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023 -
That night, the younger bear carved out a resting place and drifted off, setting the perfect scene for Sarikhani's photo.
— USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024 -
These lines are a resting place for the reader to make of them whatever meaning suits.
— Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024 -
Aaron Carter’s twin sister, Angel Carter, has revealed the final resting place of the late singer.
— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2023 -
If runners want to honor him—and still have the energy—his resting place is just a 10-minute run from the finish line.
— Joshua Benton, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024 -
At the ship’s resting place, the weight of the icy ocean pressing down would be equal to a tower of solid lead overhead rising to the height of the Empire State Building.
— Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 19 June 2023 -
The listing of each resting place reminded the nation of these moments.
— Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2024 -
Some believe these moai were given special powers to walk across land and end up in their resting place.
— Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023 -
It will be delivered to its final resting place in Briese’s hometown of Billings.
— Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2024 -
That's the Neon Museum in a nutshell, a dazzling final resting place for the city's most iconic neon signs.
— Laura Parker, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 -
But Story was never seen alive again, and his resting place long remained a mystery.
— Russ Bynum, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023 -
Once a resting place for rural farmers en route to Chicago, the house became a refuge for freedom seekers, but was torn down in 1927.
— Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023 -
To date, the bomb has not yet been found in its watery resting place, despite extensive searching by the US Navy for the months after the incident.
— Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023 -
It was situated just a few miles away from the Curtis’ watery resting place.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023 -
This series of footage shows (from left) the shark in the moments before impact, the boat striking the shark's dorsal area (center) and the shark at its resting place after the impact.
— Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 July 2024 -
Despite its name, the cemetery is not only a final resting place for members of Congress.
— Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023 -
Members who were interred outside the kibbutz have been brought to a final resting place inside Be’eri.
— Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024 -
The duke was photographed by a passerby leaving his grandmother’s resting place.
— Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023 -
The spacecraft was still transmitting data from its resting place near the moon’s south pole as of Wednesday afternoon.
— Jackie Wattles, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024 -
The $20 find is designed with multiple hooks that can hang coats, scarves, hats, and dog leashes, along with a metal bin that provides a handy resting place to catch a wallet and keys.
— Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 28 May 2023 -
Its resting place is believed to be northeast of Rock Island off Door Peninsula.
— Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024 -
Roy contests this theory, explaining that contusions on the backs of the dead calves show that they were dragged to their resting place by other members of the herd.
— Jack Guy, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 -
The exact location of Le Lyonnais’ final resting place in the Atlantic has been a mystery for the last 168 years—until now.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024 -
The marsh also provides food and habitat for 19 species at risk as well as a resting place for migrating birds that can forage for food after their long flight.
— Miriam Porter, Forbes, 7 May 2023 -
As guests traverse the deathly maze, these monsters seek vengeance for the opening of their resting place to public visitation.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2023 -
What’s more, the Titanic’s resting place is 370 miles from the Canadian coast, and farther than that from any port from which rescue vessels can be deployed.
— Joel Achenbach, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
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