respite

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

For the devoted Kenyan chai lover, that may offer some respite.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

She advocates for a variety of remedies—from training to financial support—as well as “opportunities for respite and social connection” to address burnout and isolation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

This involved long hours, late into the night, with barely any respite.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

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

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

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

He was respited however until the issue of a court-martial, promised to be held on Capt.

From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding

Whereupon the House ordered that their appearance be recorded, and that they attend again to-morrow, in order to plead the pardon; and the recognizance of the Lord Nairn was respited till that day fortnight.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

The sentence was afterwards respited and they were transported for life; their last appearance in the village being when they rode through on the coach bound for London, and thence to the convict settlement.

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Alfred Kingston

She felt herself respited; yet doubly angry and apprehensive.

From Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson

Bradford, the fifth, was respited, in the hope that the example might tell upon him.

From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Ernest Rhys

"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

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

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 favour, and voted for respiting the execution.

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