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

They need a surcease from public and student pressures to promulgate new reforms, strengthen what has already been done, institutionalize experiments, slough off nonproductive parts.

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