relieved
Example Sentences
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“We’re grateful to law enforcement for their response and relieved that no one was seriously injured.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Aya al-Umari, who lost her older brother Hussein in the attack, said she was "pleased and relieved" with the court's decision, "and to see justice is being served again".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
“We were both relieved we finished the story, but that’s within this really difficult, complicated, disturbing context,” Sheen said in an interview last year.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
But British officials will have been relieved to hear Trump say that the United States had "no closer friends" than the British.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
I’m relieved Nate didn’t ask too many questions about why I wanted to steal my own dog, because that’d be the first question I would’ve asked.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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