respite
Example Sentences
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Historically, road trips could offer some respite from soaring prices, but this won’t be the case.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
The crisis house in Swindon, Wiltshire, is the first of its kind in the area and will offer immediate non-clinical respite to women facing mental health challenges.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday on rising hopes of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, offering a potential respite for weary consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
More recently, mortgage rates, after a respite in January and February, rose significantly in the wake of the war in Iran.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
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.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing respite
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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