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
President Abraham Lincoln cycled through five commanding generals during the Civil War, and dozens of generals were retired or relieved of command during World War II.
From Salon • May 1, 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 really mean it – and I can’t help feeling relieved that Bubbe isn’t that bad.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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