respite
Example Sentences
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The city and county opened two smoke respite shelters in the immediate area so that people could breath cleaner air.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
Storms brought some respite overnight, particularly in France after several days of temperatures close to 40C.
From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026
Dunk and Egg’s odd couple adventures provide six too-brief episodes of respite and hope at a time when both are in short supply.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026
At the least, Friday’s high-scoring, history-making 4-1 victory over Paraguay should deliver a momentary respite from the clammy tension that hovers over the men’s national team at this ever-controversial, freshly-premiered 2026 North American World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
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.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing respite
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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