resting place
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“This is my home, and I shall find my resting place here. Mami Wata will help me! And may the Almighty help my people!”
From Literature
"That's my father's final resting place. He walked those mountains all of his life," Dixon said.
From BBC
As she spoke, Whoopi folded the magical towel, laid it down in a magical resting place and backed away, blowing on Jones as she took slow steps toward her abandoned chair.
From Los Angeles Times
The Paris Catacombs, underground galleries that are the final resting place for millions of bodies disinterred from the capital's cemeteries between the Middle Ages and the French Revolution, are to become modernised, with better ventilation, lighting and an improved layout.
From Barron's
For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King Tut, Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the Luxor area, west of the famous Valley of the Kings burial site.
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