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How to use the word respite in a Sentence?

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Laughter is a salve. It’s the best medicine around. Poet Pablo Neruda called it “the language of the soul.” I know this to be a universal truth because I’ve seen this play out in every culture around the world. People find respite and release in laughter.

– Lisa Haisha

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2 years ago

It feels to me that there is a respite right now, but all it would take is for another concern about inflation to start worrying people.

– Katy Kaminski

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We hope we get a respite as we get into April, May and June.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The scale of the collapse shows that any hopes of a temporary respite were in vain, the notion that overweight equities is the only real option in a world of super-low rates now seems to be from.

– Sean Callow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The scale of the collapse shows that any hopes of a temporary respite were in vain, the notion that overweight equities is the only real option in a world of super-low rates now seems to be from' The Time Before'.

– Sean Callow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We found respite on your shores.

– Vice President Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Keeping in mind the average December temperature, we're on course to endure the coldest month in 119 years, we expect cold wave conditions to continue for quite some time with some temporary respite for a day or two.

– Kuldeep Srivastava

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This quarter has afforded consumers little respite from political or economic uncertainty and this has shown in their spending.

– Roger Burnley

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

But if this is what it's like now, we really are concerned that over the next few months we're going to get no respite from these sorts of bushfire conditions.

– Neil Gallant

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This early in the season is unprecedented, but if this is what it's like now, we really are concerned that over the next few months we're going to get no respite from these sorts of bushfire conditions.

– Neil Gallant

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have had such a strong bounceback, but markets don't go in a straight line. It is inevitable you will get some kind of respite.

– Justin Onuekwusi

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I hope and think it provides a bit of a respite because it's a lot of fun... it's kind of a nice break from things, ant-Man and the Wasp.

– Paul Rudd

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Heat exposure is cumulative, so in the very hot months, plan to have at least 8-10 hours of heat respite per day to offload some of the heat.

– Chad Asplund

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The campaign that we oversee plays out daily, in complex arenas, under myriad threats that recur without respite. This requires us to be constantly prepared to fight in secret, anytime and anywhere necessary. The service is charged with this effort and there is no option, but to win this war every day, we, the personnel of the ISA, have a very significant responsibility in defending the State of Israel and its inhabitants, in thwarting and blocking terrorist threats and in upholding democracy. We will continue to do this our way – with courage, wisdom, determination, innovation, dedication, and relevancy.

– Benjamin Netanyahu

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The overall tone of this report was encouraging, pointing to a respite in the ongoing recession engulfing the U.S. industrial sector.

– Millan Mulraine

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is no end in sight, we are strict about people getting rest, but there is no real respite at the moment. We haven't had a real break all year.

– Scott McLean

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Rousseff has been given some respite, but we can expect some violent retribution from Cunha in the next days and weeks.

– David Fleischer

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's the proverbial dead-cat bounce. After days of worries, the market's in a relief rally on the heels of New York and hopes that we get a respite on everything from China to Greece, but those issues still fester...We're in uncharted waters as far as the Greece exit, and the (Chinese) market collapse is only 30 percent after a 150 percent gain.

– John Ing

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

[Volunteers] spend time with the patient, not necessarily doing clinical things, but they might read to them or provide companionship or give respite care so the spouse can get out of the house and get a break.

– Jon Radulovic

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The market is taking a respite after the rate cut, and I expect to see it having a consolidation period for a while, some investors liquidated their position and left the market in the morning.

– Zhang Qi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There is a bit of respite, but this is not the turnaround, it's a technical squeeze, we are cautious from a global emerging markets perspective and short-term bearish tactically.

– Benoit Anne

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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