Use "respite" in a sentence

1. cooling respite from the Sun’s hot rays

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2. She half stood … but it was a short respite

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3. moments I was allowed some respite from the stress of

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4. forward to a respite - albeit brief - on dry land

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5. They all went and sat down under the trees in the front garden, happy to be out of the relentless sun; eager to have a brief moment of respite to recover before lunch

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6. ” She paused again and added, “I suggest that you should take advantage of this respite here, before you shove off to wherever

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7. I was grateful for the few minutes of respite and the fresh water he brought

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8. We stopped for a short while as some put up tents as a respite from the weather

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9. They drove the Turks back about four hundred yards which was an achievement in itself and gained their mates some respite they are now dug in and like us waiting to attack again tomorrow and that’s it really

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10. I needed that respite, because Sarah had become a troubling part of my daily worries

11. But there was no respite and we pushed on I watched as Johnny Grundy jerked as bullets stitched a pattern in blood across the front of his shirt and then he dropped to the ground

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12. The dealers have no respite from the continual visits and examination of the excise officers

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13. But then the thought of your friends came into your head and you knew there was no way you could let them down and so some respite came from the doubts

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14. There was no time for respite and, as Raven was bent over in pain, a deadly fist slammed into the side of his face, knocking a tooth from his mouth in a spurt of blood

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15. Felicity got into the back of the car, where she had a bit of respite from the wind

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16. His muscles were sore and needed a respite, even a short one would help, but he didn’t dare to stop

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17. You just can’t live indoors here despite the very attentive mozzies but you often need some respite, in an air-conditioned room, when the heat is turned right up between eleven am and four pm

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18. On the whole, Theodore felt the campaign had gone rather smoothly, but he was glad we would have a little respite while waiting for our cousin, Khan George, since his men were a bit ragged

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19. with a greater host than afore, 25 He removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amathis, for he gave them no respite to

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20. mornings are the rule and give respite to resi-

21. He wondered what had Jack been doing; he had sent the lawyers which had been comforting, but the respite hadn’t lasted long

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22. He was still plagued by his adoring fly everywhere he went but with Arnold being confined to his room, it gave him respite to heal a little and think about new hobbies he could do to while away the time

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23. And we find no respite for confession that our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements and His justice,

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24. is but a respite from pain

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25. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and listened not to them; as the Lord had said;

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26. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and

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27. The brief respite had given Alison all the time she needed

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28. And we find no respite for confession that our Lord is true in all His works and in His judgements and His justice

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29. Yes, there will be punishment for what you have done here on this day-cycle, but you can know that your surrender brought respite to us all

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30. “…but you needed the respite

31. Here there is no time or ebb and flow of violence, but it all occurs at once and without respite

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32. It had seemed more the gift than the quantity that had given him this short respite

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33. 24 Now when Jonathan heard that Demebius' princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than afore 25 He removed from Jerusalem and met them in the land of Amathis for he gave them no respite to enter his country

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34. 25 increase in megacycles gave some respite from listeners and from the jammers

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35. seemed more the gift than the quantity that had given him this short respite

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36. He swept the mind-cane in a perfect arc in front of him and the resulting swift flames gave him a respite he could tumble through, back into the harshness of the rough flooring and the reality of the wintry air

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37. them rose a low hill whose mass had offered some respite from the chill of the night

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38. Fighting the scribe meant the beast would lose that respite

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39. Sothe fellow-servant fell down at his 8 feet and begged him and said Grant me respite and I will pay you; And he would not; but took him and throw him into prison till he should give him his debt

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40. 18 And he spoke to them a parable also that they should pray at all times and not be slothful; Therewas a judge in a city who feared not God nor was ashamed for men and there was a widow in that city; and she came to him and said Avenge me of my adversary; And he would not for a long time: but afterwards he said within himself If of God I have no fear and before men I have no shame; yet because this widow vexes me I will avenge her that she come not at all times 23 and annoy me; And our Lord said Hear you what the judge of injustice said; And shall not God still more do vengeance for his elect who call on him in the night and in the day and grant them respite? I say to you He will do vengeance for them speedily

41. It’s the respite Simon needs

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42. Johan is glad of the respite

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43. In a few minutes, after chatting with Matrielle for a short respite, they headed toward the conference room

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44. Some time after setting off again and feeling renewed from the brief respite from the elements, his horse became skittish

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45. These stories have grown out of the time I spent as a counselor at a camp for children with special needs, a Sunday School teacher and, most recently, helping at a crisis shelter, providing temporary respite for preschool children

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46. The troll found respite in patrolling the kennels in the cellar of his Tower

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47. The Nile offered no respite

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48. The goblins fell back in disarray, but the respite was short-lived

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49. He made an excuse one weekend that he was meeting up with his old friends, which he was, but it was just a means of getting a respite from a relationship he knew was not going anywhere for him

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50. when there is a moment' s respite from worldly action, at once that thought of

51. This respite would give them some thinking time

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52. Is it any respite? What a cold comedy it's going to be on my hot sexual stage! Why can't it be fun, the one-night stand? Isn't variety is the spice of life

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53. and wished he’d have a long respite;

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54. ” Those were the only words I could understand before I fell into a darkness that offered respite from the pain

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55. She was half ashamed at her hunger and after one envious stare, I turned away to give her some respite from my own longing glances

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56. The only respite I had from his control was in my mind, the only way I could escape so I went away when they came and that was worse because when I came back, I had no idea what my body had done while I was gone

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57. The rogues drew back momentarily, as their leader seized several and thrust them toward the single door, and in that brief respite Conan leaped to the wall and tore therefrom an ancient battle-ax which, untouched by time, had hung there for half a century

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58. While some of their colleagues enjoyed the respite from their partners, the six from Eretz and their partners found the time separated somehow awkward and unnatural

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59. He found some respite from his worries when in the company of Hatch and Musab, although Hatch was increasingly busy with his studies which left little time for socialising

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60. had only been a respite from an earlier fate, that was now

61. The priests had foretold of a stranger who would come into their midst and bring prosperity and a respite from the need to take to war to save their destiny

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62. I got a temporary respite hiding inside a car

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63. Although it wasn"t dead I got a temporary respite

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64. There was a brief respite in this fear during the slice of pizza investigation

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65. I paused for a moment and then repeated my action, doing this routine five or six times before stopping for a respite

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66. I probably had several hours respite

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67. Except for a brief respite during the Second World War,

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68. But, it’s only a short respite

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69. Therein, you’ll have a short respite from the

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70. Indeed, this was a much needed respite, with mixed couples

71. immediately because of this temporary respite

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72. respite to none when his (or her) appointed time (death)

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73. With the fierce temerity with which José Arcadio Buendía had crossed the mountains to found Macondo, with the blind pride with which Colonel Aureliano Buendía had undertaken his fruitless wars, with the mad tenacity with which Úrsula watched over the survival of the line, Aureliano Segundo looked for Fernanda, without a single moment of respite

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74. There was the same pureness in the air, the same clarity, the same respite from dust and destruction that Aureliano Segundo had known in childhood and that only Colonel Aureliano Buendía could not perceive

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75. The Street of the Turks was again what it had been earlier, in the days when the Arabs with slippers and rings in their ears were going about the world swapping knickknacks for macaws and had found in Macondo a good bend in the road where they could find respite from their age--old lot as wanderers

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76. It was Aureliano Amador, the only survivor of Colonel Aureliano Buendía’s seventeen sons, searching for a respite in his long and hazardous existence as a fugitive

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77. I figured there was a twelve to twenty four hour respite

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78. the necessary respite to escape

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79. I need a respite, a long, long, vacation

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80. I needed a respite from all the hustle and bustle of the

81. Without the respite, and therapy from endlessly expressing their monosyllabic desires, their lives would be far more difficult whereas mine would be only slightly more convenient

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82. Chuckling a brief respite from her somberness, she said, “As we have discussed at length, this circumstance applies to truth; it either is or it isn’t

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83. Listening to the details of the affair, he reluctantly agreed to issue the document as soon as Feltus could get to Burns Landing, even though that would infringe greatly upon his well-needed and well-deserved respite after his late-night journey home

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84. Having returned the walking stick to her, Feltus thanked Elizabeth for her services and agreed that it was quite regrettable that their endeavours had not come to total fruition; though he graciously offered to assist her safely back to her room, she politely declined in her formal fashion and took her leave, claiming the strain of the affair had proven too much for her and hoping for a well-needed respite even in light of the hurricane outside

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85. The respite was short lived and as it began again a renewed sense of urgency was evident

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86. The Reich gained a respite until the long-range escort fighters; the P

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87. That respite would only occur if she could convince him she was able to carry out her part

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88. This would only offer Germany a short respite when a decisive military victory was required to save the Reich

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89. For Hitler, isolated under six metres of earth and concrete and out of sight of the destruction rolling in on him there was to be no respite

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90. ‘’I hope that the French will be intelligent enough to use this respite to start leaving Indochina

91. For Rudolph it had been a hard, but familiar beginning to a week which had started in the early hours of a gory Sunday and had not offered much since in the way of respite to any of the closely woven investigation team

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