Sentence examples for laying to rest from inspiring English sources

"laying to rest" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can be used to indicate the act of burying someone or something, or to describe putting an end to an issue or problem. Example 1: The funeral was held to lay to rest our beloved grandmother, who had passed away after a long battle with cancer. Example 2: The company's recent financial troubles have been finally laid to rest with the announcement of a successful merger. Example 3: The team's loss in the championship match was a disappointment, but they have laid it to rest and are now focusing on the upcoming season.

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Monetary union was once the bright hope for laying to rest Germany's demonic ability to unhinge Europe.

But a passage describing the laying to rest of Perry's ghost conveys a sense of the ending's poetry.

That goes a long way toward laying to rest the sort of controversy that swirled around those studies".

He scored in his first five Spanish league games swiftly laying to rest any doubts about his finishing ability.

Indeed, until the end, Mr. Gaidar remained unapologetic for his role in laying to rest the Communist economic system.

But for most people, what with the crooked spine and the way the skull has been hacked about, it's pretty well settled: it's Richard we're laying to rest.

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He needs to be laid to rest".

Stanford had long been "laid to rest".

The vampire is laid to rest.

Melvin Wax, Irving Younger and Joyce Fienberg will be laid to rest.

He has never been laid to rest.

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