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  • I could still feel his spit in my mouth, and the respite the hand sanitizer had provided was dwindling away.  (source)
    respite = relief
  • The Countess was of a mind that dinner should provide one with respite from life's trials and tribulations.  (source)
    respite = rest or temporary relief
  • The president retires to Virginia for a respite every September.  (source)
    respite = time of rest
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  • The sky was a deep, thundery grey and it was a relief to gain the warmth and light of the changing rooms, even if they knew the respite was only temporary.  (source)
    respite = relief or break
  • The only respites were when Mark, the utility boy, came in.†  (source)
  • Bending once more over the respited victim, he assured himself that he was sleeping heavily, and then abandoned his immediate purpose in obedience alone to the suggestions of a more crafty policy.†  (source)
  • I turned, glad for the respite of his single face.†  (source)
  • She knew she was heading somewhere for another of her brief respites from Orlando's paperness.†  (source)
  • Scarce respited from woes I yet appear, And scarce twelve morning suns have seen me here; Lo!†  (source)
  • Whatever it was she was doing, it seemed to be giving him just a small respite from that.†  (source)
  • There's high drama and contradiction, a collision of opposing forces, lyrical respites.†  (source)
  • This 'calling down' is calling down to their former judgment, when a woman has been respited for her belly, but proves not to be with child, or if she has been with child, and has been brought to bed.†  (source)
  • The respite from the battle felt too good to be true.†  (source)
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