respite

He finished the run at the one-yard line before a holding call gave Servite a respite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Darvill said the ship became "really hot" with "no respite".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

As the lights suddenly turned off across Havana, residents who were sat outside to get some respite from the summer heat audibly groaned en masse.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Middle East had enjoyed a respite from violence after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to pause their war in mid-June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The summer wore on, and I found respite in the coolness of the river and the dimness of Granddaddy’s laboratory.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

There were brief respites, but things seldom got easier: “The wind whipped up at noon and sleet came smacking down,” Mr. Tesson recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

As the insects spread across the state, patios and backyards morphed from respites into risky territories.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

Even for malaria the respites may be transient.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 25, 2023

The reward, during dry respites, is access to a lush ecosystem filled with giant trees, waterfalls, wildlife and easy hikes designed for getting back to shelter quickly in case of a deluge.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

The only respites were when Mark, the utility boy, came in.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Here the King restored Anselme to his former possessions; but his returne into England was respited, vntill the Pope had confirmed certaine things which Anselme did assure.

From The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by John Hayward

For a few hours, then—possibly for a few days—he was respited.

From Major Vigoureux by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

He has not been forgiven; he has only been respited.

From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot

I concluded that the father had already fed the little brutes, and that I was to be respited for an hour or two, perhaps half a day.

From Chatterbox, 1906 by J. Erskine (John Erskine) Clarke

But at the period of our story men were often respited for short or long periods, yet suffered at last.

From International Short Stories English by Various

By this simple sentence a flood of light is thrown on the fact of respiting him alone amongst the four men admittedly concerned in the rescue.

From The Dock and the Scaffold by Unknown

Then they made a last attempt in his favor, and voted for respiting the execution.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

The respiting of the burning of the hand till the king's pardon could be obtained was not to put him in a worse condition than he would have been in had he been actually burnt.

From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various

"There is one strange fact about this," said the governor of the prison to Harkaway, "and that is, that one of the prisoners has taken the liberty of respiting himself."

From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Bracebridge Hemyng

Then they made a last attempt in his favour, and voted for respiting the execution.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay