Sentence for respite | Use respite in a sentence

Respite example sentences. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use respite in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for respite.

• De Craye gave him a respite. (10)
• It unnerved like a respite at the guillotine. (1)
• Anything to give our poor darling a respite from her brute. (10)
• I was glad to have this respite; it gives me a chance to think. (9)
• True, while she was like one of their wax virgins I had a respite. (10)
• When the hour or day of respite came again, the home felt it first. (9)
• His suffering was short, and crossed with many gleams of respite and even joy. (9)
• She had watched over her brother, gone errands, put off creditors, and gained respite from sheriffs. (12)
• A half-cowardly delight at the chance of a respite from the awful interview made her quickly apprehensive. (10)
• The start from the Saturday stand is always made the same night, and the Sabbath respite is improved for long railroad runs. (21)
• A thrilling coolness followed a first blaze of heat, and in the long respite the thoughts almost went back to winter flannels. (9)

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Definition of respite:

• respite, res’pit, n. temporary cessation of anything: pause: interval of rest: (_law_) temporary suspension of the execution of a criminal. | v.t. to grant a respite to: to relieve by a pause: to delay. | adj. res’piteless. (0)

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