RELIEF in a Sentence
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245 example sentences for RELIEF, such as:
1. She drew a long breath of relief.
2. He gave a little murmur of relief.
3. The drug gives some relief from pain.
4. She sighed with relief and irritation.
5. The coach was full so a relief was put on.
2. He gave a little murmur of relief.
3. The drug gives some relief from pain.
4. She sighed with relief and irritation.
5. The coach was full so a relief was put on.
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Meanings and Examples of RELIEF
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relief
n. the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
n. a pause for relaxation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 But for the moment his sense of relief was so great as to preclude all other feelings.
2 What a silly thing to say to a man, thought Scarlett, ready to giggle with relief.
3 Ashley's small even writing leaped up at her as she read, "My dear wife," and she breathed in relief.
4 Scarlett had no qualm of conscience as she watched them but only a feeling of vast relief that she had made her escape.
5 Scarlett had no shame at all, only an active feeling of relief.
6 Scarlett held wobbling heads that parched lips might drink, poured buckets of water over dusty, feverish bodies and into open wounds that the men might enjoy a brief moment's relief.
7 When he had finished she sent him off to the back yard to play and watched him toddle across the straggling grass to his playhouse with great relief.
8 She looked up and saw Prissy leaning out of the upstairs window, fright and worry written on her face; but in an instant they were wiped away in relief as she saw her mistress.
9 She drew a long breath of relief.
10 "Oh, yes," cried Scarlett in relief.
11 She sighed with relief and irritation.
12 Then Scarlett saw with relief the faint rise and fall of her shallow breathing and knew that Melanie had survived the night.
13 It was a relief to hear the truth put so baldly.
14 She lay quiet for a moment, eyes closed, sighing with relief, and heard the slobbery gurgle of the baby near by and the reassuring sound of Wade's hiccoughing.
15 They sighed with relief at the welcome news and laughed, slapping their thighs when Scarlett told them of Sally's wild ride and how neatly she had cleared their hedge.
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1 The agency says international relief agencies also have pitched in.
2 The relief agency will distribute the food among several countries.
3 The relief agency distributed food among the poor.
4 A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
5 The news of his appointment was received with a certain relief by most people.
6 The coach was full so a relief was put on.
7 The drug gives some relief from pain.
8 Government officials visited the earthquake zone on Thursday morning to co-ordinate the relief effort.
9 Thousands of people could die because the relief effort has fallen so far behind.
10 A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief.
11 We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.
12 He contributed all his savings to the relief fund.
13 It brings some relief from the merciless summer heat.
14 He gave a little murmur of relief.
15 He gets tax relief because he supports his old mother.