respite

The Buckhorn Restaurant at Cuyama Buckhorn, a midcentury roadside hotel refurbished in 2018, serves as the perfect respite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The Middle East enjoyed a respite from violence after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to pause their war in mid-June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Yet a U.S. truce with Iran has broken down, and oil prices are up again — so the respite might not last long.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

It came as respite for Gulf shipping and the oil industry, with international benchmark Brent dropping six percent to around $86 a barrel.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

And rowing makes these muscular demands not at odd intervals but in rapid sequence, over a protracted period of time, repeatedly and without respite.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

They were blessed respites from the morning breakfast rush and carpool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Last year, roughly 233,000 were logged at winter respites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

Even for malaria the respites may be transient.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 25, 2023

A smaller seaside resort flourished at Crescent Beach, just north of the White Rock beach resort town, with its own cluster of cottages, eateries and sandy respites.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023

During one of these respites, Diana drew Lyddie to the nearest window.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

He was prevailed on to petition the council, upon which he was respited to the 30th, and from that to May 9th, when he suffered according to his sentence.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie

On leaving the chapel Warwick was taken back to his room, and learned that he was respited.

From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Ernest Rhys

The parties being summoned to Oxford, the judges received letters of request from our lord the King, that this business should be respited.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Jocelin de Brakelond

Write to Major G. W. Lee, provost-marshal at Atlanta, and inquire why fourteen of the engine thieves were respited while the others were executed, and whether there is anything distinguishing their case.

From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by William Pittenger

Powell respited the prisoner that the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor might be known.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various

"There is one strange fact about this," said the governor of the prison to Harkaway, "and that is, that one of the prisoners has taken the liberty of respiting himself."

From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Bracebridge Hemyng

Then they made a last attempt in his favour, and voted for respiting the execution.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

Then they made a last attempt in his favor, and voted for respiting the execution.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

By this simple sentence a flood of light is thrown on the fact of respiting him alone amongst the four men admittedly concerned in the rescue.

From The Dock and the Scaffold by Unknown

The respiting of the burning of the hand till the king's pardon could be obtained was not to put him in a worse condition than he would have been in had he been actually burnt.

From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various