Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use respite in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word respite? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
The brief respite from the pain was used to gasp for breath and try to collect herself.
The combination of shade and dappled sunlight encourages people to stop and enjoy a cool, quiet respite from a busy day.
Then I yanked out another and another and another without pausing to give myself respite from the pain.
Well, all the girls and teachers at the school are currently enjoying their Christmas holidays, a well earned respite from work and studies.
Charlie wasn't sure if she should try to keep the girl awake or not, but at last decided to give her respite from the pain by letting her rest.
To ensure personnel obtain adequate respite from sea service, operational relief rules are amended to incorporate a people element.
Perhaps a month's respite was allowed, to ascertain the royal commands in regard to the city.
While media commentators are speculating about the prospects for peace, any US-sponsored settlement would be no more than a temporary respite.
This they did later, either on account of the French fishermen or at the instigation of the Dutch, and a year's respite was granted.
Even the tryst with Angelo had only provided a brief respite, as it usually did.
Even in the highly unlikely event that the war were postponed, this would represent only a temporary respite.
The decision amounts to little more than a temporary respite, which could at any time be reversed.
Folks in Anthon are enjoying a one-month respite from paying their power bills.
There were plans for those who needed respite care, and for a home care service.
An innovative project aimed at providing accommodation to older people with dementia and respite care for long term carers has been launched.
Patients come here for pain control and symptom control, for respite care and for terminal care.
The greater the sleep deprivation the higher the need for overnight respite care.
Many nursing homes have respite care than can provide you with several days of relief.
And yet we are told there is no money available for adequate home help care for the elderly or relieving respite care for the mentally disabled.
And there may also have to be cuts in services such as home care and respite care.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
The barrator prolongs his answer so as to procure a respite from the fangs of his tormentors.
I am ill-pleased, because after having piloted ourselves through such bad times and been driven to every extremity, I thought that now at least, with you at home, I should enjoy some respite.
Should the undersheriff hear nothing further, he hangs the man at the end of the respite, as a matter of course.
To that point Joseph and his brethren made their escape and enjoyed a brief respite from mobocracy.
The priest thanked God for the respite He had been pleased to vouchsafe to him.
That, for the moment, would give his heart respite from the pain which gnawed it.
To flee into the paraguayan forests could not avail him, or only for a short respite.
And for as much as a man may acquit himself before God by penitence in this world, and not by treasure, therefore should he pray to God to give him respite a while, to beweep and bewail his trespass.
Somebody played something on the piano, and this was, in a way, a respite for John.
There was thus a temporary respite of hostilities in this section of the country.
And what passion can be durable which is so violent as hers, and to which no respite is allowed?
Oppenheim has signalised the reappearance, after several months of respite, of a torticollis secondary to an attack of influenza.
Licensee Mandy Sweetings said proceeds would go to the Tyddyn Bach Trust respite centre at Conwy, North Wales.
Stan gets very little respite from the pain and arduousness of his job and his strained relationships.
A STROKE victim sent to a home for respite care developed a bedsore within two weeks and later died in agony.
Joe was too busy living through the storm he had already caused, blocking, covering up, and ducking into the safety and respite of the clinches.
Oh for one day's respite from the politeness of Mrs. glutch!
The respite was a welcome one and with it his tenseness relaxed.
There was no respite until the ground was ankle-deep with confetti.
My respite was short-lived however, for soon the entire party, numbering some thousand men, came charging into view, racing madly toward me.
Show More Sentences
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
7-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024