How To Use Respite In A Sentence

A pause in lecturing, consequent upon our mid-year examinations having begun, has given me a little respite, and I am paying a three days 'visit upon an old friend here, meaning to leave for New York to-morrow, where I have a couple of lectures to give. Familiar Letters of William James II
But their brief respite in the conditioned air of the shuttle made that first step outside a gasper. Cattle Town
They will certainly enjoy some respite from the negative headlines which have been barracking them in recent weeks, which maybe renders the result palatable for all.
The trip was a welcome respite from the pressures of work.
Yep, aggressive lyrics and guitar riffs, all backed by the trademark thumping drums, with only moments of calm to provide a respite from the headbanging.

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Night brought some cover but little respite. Times, Sunday Times
Although the operation should prolong her life, it would only provide temporary respite. Times, Sunday Times
The rock was mostly poor quality shale and mudstone leaving a smooth soapy floor underfoot and this continued for a few hundred metres without respite.
This they did later, either on account of the French fishermen or at the instigation of the Dutch, and a year's respite was granted.
Everyone is scurrying for shade and some respite from the sun.
There was little respite in sight as forecasters warned of more rain to come. Times, Sunday Times
An added incentive, if any, is the air-conditioning environment of the computer institutes offering the much-needed respite from the torrid summer.
The Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca is in a former monastery and a wander around the airy cloisters or in the excellent cacti garden offer a respite from any cases of museum fatigue.
This has worked well for both permanent and respite care.
However, it was only brief respite for himself and the board who were today continuing their efforts to evade a winding-up order from the Inland Revenue.
Occasionally a tiny crescent of pure, clean sand provides a few steps of respite.
Some parents whose children have severe learning disabilities have been told that their respite services are being cut.
Elsewhere, analysts saw little respite for battered tech and telecoms shares, which have struggled amid the gloomy corporate earnings picture.
That is only temporary respite, until cheaper ‘sewing solutions’ drive them out again.
Unto every nation is a fixed term decreed; when their term therefore is expired, they shall not have respite for an hour, neither shall their punishment be anticipated. The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
That interrupted the flow and allowed Pau some respite. Times, Sunday Times
The only respite from these routines came, once or twice a year, when his admiring confrère dropped by for a visit.
The ceaselessness of the _Volpe_'s pitch and plunge wore at him: unable to find even an hour's respite to recover his energies, Matteo could keep nothing down, found it impossible to maintain his balance, and felt the ship's unnatural motions -- irreconcilable with any human cycle -- begin to ravage him. Asimov's Science Fiction
These moments of Norwich respite could be easily diagnosed. Times, Sunday Times
She no longer beheld Theodore as one respited from death, but took leave of him with a mournful pre-sentiment that she should see him no more. The Romance of the Forest
Then I yanked out another and another and another without pausing to give myself respite from the pain.
Even in the highly unlikely event that the war were postponed, this would represent only a temporary respite.
This respite was temporary - as it had been so many other times before.
I really have found respite carer for SGP in form of Adrian (GPG). AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
There will be some respite for disgruntled investors this week when the full-year results are announced. Times, Sunday Times
No doubt they are seeking a refreshing take on contemporary life - a brief respite from the melee of ill informed badinage that can wear one so.
They came for a few sweet hours of respite from the conflict engulfing their country. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, those who detest cricket - and their number is legion - must be wondering whether a six-week exile is the only respite.
Millions of householders plagued by cold calls and spam texts are to be given respite under new Government plans to pursue the firms responsible. Times, Sunday Times
I looked at the case it's referring to and the judgement was respited, so you're right to tag it up as supplementary.
From dazzling mountains and hillsides to lush, subtropical grounds, these hip-hotels offer the perfect respite for both young and old.
If you are looking for some respite from the cold winter months there is an abundance of destinations to suit all budgets.
To ensure personnel obtain adequate respite from sea service, operational relief rules are amended to incorporate a people element.
There is no space, no privacy and no respite from the noise and stench of the street outside. Times, Sunday Times
It turned out to be a temporary respite. Times, Sunday Times
In those days, the cottages now used for respite care for disabled children were run as individual homes where husband-and-wife teams, known as housefathers and housemothers, looked after abandoned or orphaned children.
I'd fostered a lot of very troubled youngsters and at times provided respite for other foster carers who were at the end of their tether. Times, Sunday Times
The guitar work here is promising, with some alt-rock influences providing a welcome respite from the usual thirds-based harmonies.
It was some weeks now since they had had any respite from shellfire.
Fawn and slate, with an occasional tinge of a dark, muddy purple-brown give almost the only respite from black, white and grey.
Mostly it was about what they were going to do when the fast approaching weekend arrived and brought with it the promise of a brief respite from school.
That evening they pitched their camp on a shoulder of dry ground above a valley, thankful for the respite.
Winter is long and nasty and people need respite. Times, Sunday Times
The storm continued for two hours without respite.
If anything, age brings some respite from that. Times, Sunday Times
But higher education proved to be no respite for the desperate teen, which he described as a "nightmare. NYDN Rss
We shall have, moreover, the same respite and in the same manner in rendering justice concerning the disafforestation or retention of those forests which Henry our father and Richard our brother afforested, and concerning wardship of lands which are of the fief of another (namely, such wardships as we have hitherto had by reason of a fief which any one held of us by knight's service), and concerning abbeys founded on other fiefs than our own, in which the lord of the fief claims to have right; and when we have returned, or if we desist from our expedition, we will immediately grant full justice to all who complain of such things. The Magna Carta
His creditors agreed to give him a temporary respite.
As for our own unperfected democracy, countless micro-conflicts - from drive-by slayings to gang brawls - continue without respite.
Luma Lane has already given brief respite by then; hair clamped in bunches, her not unattractive playground lullaby vocal stripped from the finer points of the 4AD back catalogue.
Friday afternoons is a welcome respite from all that chaos. The end is nigh
It's a welcome respite from the chain shops elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times
Even the tryst with Angelo had only provided a brief respite, as it usually did.
'tinkling' of Peter's hammer to know a brief respite. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
And now the archers were shooting at will, selecting their targets where they best offered, without haste and without respite.
There was little respite in sight as forecasters warned of more rain to come. Times, Sunday Times
Respite care is intended to relieve parents temporarily of the burden of caring for severely disabled children.
The holiday, starting on Saturday, has been arranged by the Newman Trust, a national charity which provides respite care for children with social and physical handicaps.
Respite comes, as one might expect with Dickens, in equally phonemic terms, floated upon (in that same paragraph) the sibilant, assonant, and iambic bonding of "inseparable and blessed" to describe the union of the title figure and Arthur Clennam, the man whose fetishistic vision of her impoverishment has seen her until now as a Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
Pathetic," he called the fevered satisfaction she took in the hovering attentions of our old black nurse, who gave us brief respites in the two sick-rooms by turns, and who had according to Mrs. Fontenette, "such a beautiful faith! Strong Hearts
A beautiful and lyrical middle interlude provides a brief respite amid music of unabating virtuosity.
There was little respite in sight as forecasters warned of more rain to come. Times, Sunday Times
The heat that day was relentless, and in the west they could see the gathering cumulus clouds that promised a storm, welcome respite from the heat.
Still, even when it veers into the realm of Spinach TV — so good-for-you that it feels more dutiful than good — OWN is by and large a refreshing respite from the wearying, soul-numbing cable norm, which often exploits and celebrates our worst behaviors. Matt's TV Week in Review
Along the eastern slopes of the Rockies, the Chinook wind provides a welcome respite from the long winter chill.
The bishop gave her one month's respite and returned her to her husband, who was bound to the sum of £100 to return her to submit at the end of one month.
Respite is short-lived however, as you find yourself dragged back onto the floor, pogoing like your life depends on it.
This interstition between the bane of guilty saccharine pleasure and the respites of emulation from acceptable holding points (Japan, My Bloody Valentine) is Guitar's preferred habitat, and it's a nice place to visit (some rooms being quite more comfortable than others). PopMatters
No rest, no respite; and he would have it no other way. Times, Sunday Times
There are 300 hectares of parks, gardens and green areas within the city boundaries so you're never short of a place of respite from the sightseeing.
The director gave the cast a short respite before the next scene.
You verify in energy, you provide discover energy, you permit it line … you don't essay to kibosh the flow, you don't set and vexation when you suspire whether and where from module added respite come, you foregather permit it become in and go out. Xml's Blinklist.com
Mithridatic war being then under debate, Marcus declared that it was not finished, but only respited for a time, and therefore, upon choice of provinces, the lot falling to Lucullus to have Gaul within the Alps, a province where no great action was to be done, he was ill-pleased. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
The charity concentrates on providing happy memories for the child and their family as well as respite from their normal routines of hospitals, doctors and treatment.
So although there was not a lot of sleep to be had - if one child slept, the other was determined to remain loudly, needily awake, for the entire duration of our stay - there was respite, and that respite was sweet. The Sound Of A Mental Health Break
It was a welcome respite from the cold weather back home. Christianity Today
Continuous operations last for days with little respite at night; combat involves lethal weapons and fratricide and accidents occur.
That's a good time to seek a shady respite at one of the city's more than 40 temples, known as wats.
The winter that was to provide respite from the summer's commotion only proved to be worse.
This plan enabled the oiler and the correspondent to get respite together.
Rashleigh had been respited from death, in number upwards of fifty, were placed in two large vans, strongly ironed, handcuffed and chained together, as well as to the van, which drove off at a rapid rate. Ralph Rashleigh
In the late seventeenth century, however, park in English referred to a different kind of enclosure, one catering to humans who sought respite from the noisome distractions of city life. The English Is Coming!
But it was just a short respite for the home side as the visitors proved too strong. Times, Sunday Times
She said that the holiday was planned to give them respite. Times, Sunday Times
The outcome must be one that is equitable and balances operational time and respite, and one that is structurally sustainable.
It was imperative to get into the sheltered bays near to the mountains as soon as possible where we might find some respite from the impending storm, so we pressed on relentlessly for another hour or so.
It may appear to offer the prospect of short-term respite from economic difficulties. The World Doesn't Need More Stimulus
Again, food offers potential respite in the form of nutrients that have a natural anti-inflammatory property. Times, Sunday Times
A drop-in centre will provide respite for youngsters caring for a sick parent or sibling.
Where can I go to get respite care from these louts and layabouts who are ruining my quality of life in York?
I'd fostered a lot of very troubled youngsters and at times provided respite for other foster carers who were at the end of their tether. Times, Sunday Times
The Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca is in a former monastery and a wander around the airy cloisters or in the excellent cacti garden offer a respite from any cases of museum fatigue.
It is a time of some rest and perhaps a respite from a busy year of teaching.
No respite is given to the women constantly dodging detection and caught up at every turn by gender-specific restrictions.
The audience was given respite between numbers with each member taking a turn to introduce himself and engage in slightly painful, flirtatious banter with the crowd. The Sun
Follow this to a brief respite and winding shed.
But it was only a temporary respite. The Sun
Antonius chooses to compose his thoughts while walking in the portico. 111 Crassus, in contrast, retires to an exedra, where he devotes his midday respite to "the closest and most careful meditation. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
There is no respite - pathetic old age follows and God forbid, unprotected widowhood too.
Manil Suri's avocational interests include painting and cooking, which he claims are the only respites from the horror of being a mathematician and a writer. Manil Suri biography
So although there was not a lot of sleep to be had – if one child slept, the other was determined to remain loudly, needily awake, for the entire duration of our stay – there was respite, and that respite was sweet. The Sound Of A Mental Health Break | Her Bad Mother
Given the prestige of the award, I had hoped the article might provide some respite from the relentlessly cheerful tip culture of the parenting magazines, and fill mothers in on the real problems with nursing. The Case Against Breast-Feeding
A private care home in my constituency accepted an elderly lady for respite care.
Yep, aggressive lyrics and guitar riffs, all backed by the trademark thumping drums, with only moments of calm to provide a respite from the headbanging.
Tomorrow could bring some respite from wet and windy weather. Times, Sunday Times
Under the mixed-mode plans, residents would have no respite from landings, as both runways would be used from 4am to 11.30 pm.
Abandoning mixed mode, which means aircraft land on alternate runways, giving people in west London respite for a few hours in the afternoon, was not mentioned in the consultation.
The film provides another respite in a scene in which the women, clad in fetishy black bras and nylons, dance together in a hotel room.
After their night's respite, my congested bronchial tubes once more begin their noisy rattle.
So far, unionists have refused to elect a deputy Lord Mayor so that Maskey, alone in the chair, will have to preside without respite throughout all council meetings.
While such lyrical vapidity precludes ‘I Wonder’ from moving the listener emotionally, the track does serve as respite in an otherwise aggressive mix.
In energy terms we are not out of the woods but we may enjoy a respite. Times, Sunday Times
They came for a few sweet hours of respite from the conflict engulfing their country. Times, Sunday Times
The place where people are supposed to find solace from the perils of the outside world should not be presumed to provide a respite from interpersonal violence. Everyday Violence
The brief respite from the pain was used to gasp for breath and try to collect herself.
Constantine, after enjoying a short and anxious respite, was again besieged in his capital by the arms of a more formidable enemy. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
He gave her a month's respite, to think over and accede.
As a respite from the frenetic pace of most of the album, the Robinson tracks are welcome.
Those unlucky of not having the time or the inclination to go to Goa's golden beaches, take heart from the Coconut lagoon, for it will provide similar respite and comfort from the torrid summer.
Respite care is intended to relieve parents temporarily of the burden of caring for severely disabled children.
Well, all the girls and teachers at the school are currently enjoying their Christmas holidays, a well earned respite from work and studies.
I'm not sure they make a diesel P reg Fiesta, but I suggested that it might give a warning inside the petrol cap about what fuel to put in, as it does on my car, before I gingerly made off for the brief respite of the warmth of the shop as I paid.
I don't see any respite for the rest of this year. Times, Sunday Times
Dictionary definition of respite: a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant. Times, Sunday Times
This phase of the campaign permitted brief, intermittent intervals in rest camps, but respite from the fighting was rare.
Efforts to mediate and achieve peace by organisations including the United Nations ‘seem at best only to bring a brief respite from all-out fighting’.
Local initiatives have provided some respite from violence and we should learn from them. Everyday Violence
They considered the hotel a nice respite, a place to fill out papers, drink in the evening, relax.
Tomorrow could bring some respite from wet and windy weather. Times, Sunday Times
Although the operation should prolong her life, it would only provide temporary respite. Times, Sunday Times
In energy terms we are not out of the woods but we may enjoy a respite. Times, Sunday Times
A few days later, Heinonen, Yonemura, and Edwards boarded an airplane and flew to Dubai, a sunny and warm respite from the bone-chilling cold of Vienna. Fallout
I find wandering the aisles a respite. Times, Sunday Times
Quite properly the action taken is usually to provide more help in the form of domiciliary care/daycare/respite care etc since the “abuse” is usually more about people at the end of their tether than anything else - if an eighty year old bloke is screaming at his dementing eighty year old wife and making her cry the answer is not to prosecute, it is to help. Public Officials Did Not Kill “Baby P” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The pace became increasingly frantic with little or no respite for the visitors. Times, Sunday Times
Respite care is intended to relieve parents temporarily of the burden of caring for severely disabled children.
These moments of Norwich respite could be easily diagnosed. Times, Sunday Times
No rest, no respite; and he would have it no other way. Times, Sunday Times
This would be followed by a short period of peace with respite from the pressure inside his head.
Up to the 1990s, smoking was generally regarded as a bad habit, if one that provided some respite from the cares of work and family life.
She continued to work without respite.
Using this momentary respite, I wrenched the sword blade from the ballistae.
It briefly outlines activities such as helplines, respite care services and consultation on community care proposals.
The judge had no option to sentence to death for murder and no control over the timing of the execution unless he ordered a respite.
When the weather is sweltering, how we long for the cooling respite of a dip in a swimming pool. Times, Sunday Times
One suspects the respite may only be temporary. Times, Sunday Times
Fighting ceased only with the advent of darkness - but the respite was to be brief.
Descriptions of the malady from the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries relate the horror of its effects: the terrible sores and swellings, often extending into the mouth and throat, and leaving the body covered with scabs that turned from red to black; severe fever; pain in the bones so intense that patients "screamed day and night without respite, envying the dead themselves"; and, often early death. Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
There is also a failure to provide a rational basis for the decision as to the amount of respite to provided.
Again I looked round for the instrument of destruction, and again I was respited. The Romance of the Forest
This would be followed by a short period of peace with respite from the pressure inside his head.
Bleak as the film is, there is occasional respite in the script, drawing wry smiles rather than hearty guffaws.
After all that walking, lunch on the veranda at Norwood provides muchneeded respite. Times, Sunday Times
The pace became increasingly frantic with little or no respite for the visitors. Times, Sunday Times
The friends who had developed about his path in such flattering numbers when he came home from India, and retired, with a newly-acquired fortune and a vague halo of military distinction about his person, into the ranks of the half-paid, were beginning to find him rather old and, frankly, a considerable bore; but the timely benevolence which he had extended to his nephew was, it appeared, to have its reward in this world in the shape of a kind of reflected rejuvenescence, a temporary respite from the limbo of (how he hated the word!) fogeydom. A Comedy of Masks A Novel
These are within the budget of everyone prepared to spend moderately on good living, and respite from the rush and the hurry.
Winter is long and nasty and people need respite. Times, Sunday Times
One of the things that serves as a brief respite from the hurly-burly is the attempts some people will go to to advertise their product.
Eight warm days at the end of the month provided a respite for some insect populations. Times, Sunday Times
There was some respite during the political thaw of the 1960s. Times, Sunday Times
Jealousy gave him respite from gnawing pains of melancholy.
After days without respite from the coarse gruel and dairy produce that was the usual fare of a herdsman, I was more than ready for some good meat.
Folks in Anthon are enjoying a one-month respite from paying their power bills.
There's not a moment's respite from the melodrama in a film with so many red herrings that it needs a fishing quota. Times, Sunday Times
At least there may be some respite to come. Times, Sunday Times
Forecasters said there might be a temporary respite tomorrow before persistent rain returns on Monday. Times, Sunday Times
And because he is such a good, fast fourth seamer, there is little respite for the batsmen. The Sun
The judge granted the condemned man a respite to enable his attorneys to file an appeal.
It turned out to be a temporary respite. Times, Sunday Times
It seems now that the short remainder of my life will offer me little respite from woe and anguish.
Edith begged for and obtained a month's respite, then another, and finally a third; the marriage then took place by the death-bed of Sir Richard.
The debate of it was respited to the next meeting, it being late.
By the end of last week the wind changed from a northerly to a more westerly direction, giving some respite. Times, Sunday Times
There has been little respite for his family. Times, Sunday Times
The director gave the cast a short respite before the next scene.
Night brought some cover but little respite. Times, Sunday Times
And then I remembered the cider in my ice-chest, and after victuals and a brief respite, the evening started.
II. iii.40 (50,4) [Oh, injurious love] Her execution was respited on account of her pregnancy, the effects of her love: therefore she calls it _injurious_; not that it brought her to shame, but that it hindered her freeing herself from it. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
I was tense on Friday night because my nana is returning from her month of respite this week, and I am dreading it, and when I tried talking to Llew about it, he wasn’t interested, didn’t want to know, and asked me what the hell my problem was because he couldn’t see the big deal. Women’s History Month « Tales from the Reading Room
The grazing isn't as good, but they are able to find some respite from the biting insects.
Respite care is intended to relieve parents temporarily of the burden of caring for severely disabled children.
Caroline (regent of the kingdom during the absence of George II. on the Continent), that the execution of the sentence of death pronounced against John Porteous, late Captain – Lieutenant of the City Guard of Edinburgh, present prisoner in the Tolbooth of that city, be respited for six weeks from the time appointed for his execution. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Against this background, a weaker pound provides a minor respite. Times, Sunday Times
Although the operation should prolong her life, it would only provide temporary respite. Times, Sunday Times
"I only sought a brief respite, Annette, " she stated instead.
The tablets brought temporary respite from the excruciating pain.
It admits this will mean residents under the flight paths will get much less respite from aircraft noise. Times, Sunday Times
While media commentators are speculating about the prospects for peace, any US-sponsored settlement would be no more than a temporary respite.
It was some weeks now since they had had any respite from shellfire against this dismal backcloth. DISPLACED PERSON
The director gave the cast a short respite before the next scene.
They came for a few sweet hours of respite from the conflict engulfing their country. Times, Sunday Times
We bought a low-slung wooden chair to put in the back of our truck - an investment of £1.50 that gave our backsides a little respite on the bumpy roads.
I find wandering the aisles a respite. Times, Sunday Times
I don't see any respite for the rest of this year. Times, Sunday Times
At best, the country has gained a temporary respite; at worst, it has merely succeeded in stoking the flames of hatred even higher.

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