surcease
Example Sentences
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So if there is surcease from sorrow, and my name is attached to it, thank God.”
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023
I'll hope for just a few years to spend not wishing every day were over just a weekend, and a momentary surcease.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2018
As report after report indicates, he attacks, lashes out, mocks, tweets, pummels, charges and complains, showering calumny on others even as he praises his achievements without surcease.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2017
Her function is to proceed about the submarine at canter, bearing messages, coffee and surcease from sorrow.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’ve gained pounds lying continuously in bed, seeking surcease and sublimation in food. Now we must run. I must leave this house. It has terrible associations.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing surcease
Romeo and Juliet
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"The Raven"
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"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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