respite

But Baek Su-hyun said that offers no respite in Guryong.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Anecdotes and analysis are interspersed with photos of all sorts of sofas and couches, calling into question ideas about where and how we find respite and support — or not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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

Still, I thought I might've had a bit of respite before I was going to be marched into Miss Preston's office.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

There were brief respites, but things seldom got easier: “The wind whipped up at noon and sleet came smacking down,” Mr. Tesson recalls.

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

Taking turns tossing and catching the ball furnishes the game with built-in respites, which give the participants a chance to reflect on past choices and prepare for future ones.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

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

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

She felt herself respited; yet doubly angry and apprehensive.

From Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson

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

The His punishment respited Protector was then addressed, and wrote a letter to the house, which, though it occasioned some debate, obtained no resolution in favour of the prisoner.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

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 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

"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

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

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

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