All 4 Uses of
reprieve
in
And The Mountains Echoed
- And so her laughter still rang in my ears as I went about my work that day, and later, when the other workers came over for tea, I grinned and muted their cackles with the sweet tinkle of her laughter, and I prided myself on knowing that my clever story had given her a bit of reprieve from the discontent of her marriage.†
Chpt 4
- Some days, we would have a bit of reprieve, a few hours of quiet, and then sudden bursts of fire would break it, rounds cracking off from every direction, people on the street screaming.†
Chpt 4
- I should say that their years in Kabul were, ironically enough, a time of personal reprieve for me.†
Chpt 4 *
- When Baba jan was away, Adel and his mother tried to be each other's reprieve.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
temporary relief from something difficult or unpleasant; can also refer to a delay in punishment -- especially the death penalty