How to Use lay/put (something) to rest in a Sentence
lay/put (something) to rest
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There's a world of this character's past that needs to be put to rest.
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024 -
After Caitlin Clark wins player of the year, can the debate be put to rest?
— Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023 -
However, once the crew got out on the water, those fears were put to rest.
— Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024 -
The remains of 30 more victims will be put to rest there on Tuesday.
— Eldar Emric, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023 -
That idea is soon put to rest as heavy guns blaze on the ground ahead of them with surprising rapid fire.
— David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024 -
His booming voice put to rest rumors that age had brought a tremble to it.
— Mujib Mashal Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 -
Those fears have been put to rest as the sport’s initial season rolls past its midpoint.
— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023 -
The message was clear: There's room in theaters for both, and any notion of a feud between the two movies should be put to rest.
— Brendan Morrow, The Week, 20 July 2023 -
The debate around the importance of handwriting was put to rest a while back.
— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 June 2024 -
However, all of those questions can now be put to rest.
— Melissa Noel, Essence, 26 July 2024 -
But none of it, not the settlements or the court decisions, fully put to rest the question of blame.
— Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023 -
The 2020 election put to rest the comforting fable that Trump’s election was a fluke.
— Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2021 -
The concern and the wait can finally be put to rest — entirely.
— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023 -
The cardboard beds that went viral at the 2020 Olympics were not put to rest at this summer’s games in Paris, much to the chagrin of some competitors.
— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024 -
That should put to rest the idea that workers need to be monitored at all times in order to be productive.
— Byjane Thier, Fortune, 6 July 2023 -
Yet on Monday those theories too appeared to be put to rest.
— Will Knight, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023 -
If there were doubts about Donald Trump’s decision to skip the first debate, they have likely been put to rest tonight.
— Tim Hanrahan, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023 -
The Capitol insurrection should have put to rest the notion that Trump has the best interests of cops at heart.
— Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024 -
Once the fire is out and life-saving measures are put to rest, people can begin to assess how to rebuild.
— Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 28 Aug. 2023 -
For Miller, the news that her parents had been murdered – that she had been lost and then found – put to rest many questions, while also raising new ones.
— Cristina Corbin, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023 -
Concerns about dogs chewing up their beds can be put to rest, as these beds are built to withstand their playful nature.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023 -
Advertisement That’s the far more important question to put to rest, so please do so.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 June 2023 -
However, the competition hasn't been put to rest just yet.
— Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Britain is now ready to lay to rest its longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, with billions thought to be watching around the globe to mark the end of a reign that defined an era.
— Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022 -
But all of her worries were put to rest when her first solo album Innocence of Broken Love was released and the song of the same title became a hit.
— Billboard China, Billboard, 13 July 2023 -
And Kappelman and colleagues believe their findings will lay to rest what's long been a contentious argument over how and where Lucy lived.
— Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2016 -
Some of these arguments, such as the idea that the island's indigenous people had traveled there from South America, have since been put to rest.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024 -
The federal government’s own guidance should put to rest their concerns.
— Tony Coelho, STAT, 20 July 2023 -
Just a short time after the rumor began circulating online and picked up steam, it has seemingly been put to rest.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 -
The Oscar winner, 69, put to rest speculation about a return more than a year after news of his departure broke.
— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
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