respite

Rabbi Nadav Caine and his family gathered in their Michigan home to break challah bread for their weekly Shabbat meal, a brief respite from the acrimonious midterm election campaign dividing Jewish voters in their state.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Airplanes used to provide a respite from constant connectivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

There’s little respite to be found in the Chargers’ upcoming games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

These breaks are a welcome respite from long stretches of sitting and screen-based learning, which is common in some classrooms despite questions about its efficacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

In general, I hoped that time with me and the girls would always be a respite, even though work was forever close by.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

As the insects spread across the state, patios and backyards morphed from respites into risky territories.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

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

The only respites were when Mark, the utility boy, came in.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

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

He was subsequently respited, and removed to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum.

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie

An hour later the crowd returned grumbling; they were disappointed that the beautiful criminal had been respited.

From Timar's Two Worlds by Mór Jókai

In vain was the power of his dynasty overthrown by the Crusaders; in vain do the Seljukians disappear from the annals of the world; in vain is Constantinople respited; in vain is Europe saved.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman

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

"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

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

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