How do you use Relieve in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like free or exempt, plus the exact meaning.
Relieve in a sentence
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Relieve meaning
- To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
- To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
- To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
Synonyms of Relieve
Using Relieve
- The main meaning on this page is: To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. | To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort. | To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- Useful related words include: free, exempt, still, enforce.
- In the example corpus, relieve often appears in combinations such as: to relieve, relieve the, help relieve.
Context around Relieve
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Relieve
- In this selection, "relieve" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, easier, gladly, help, stress, structural and pain stand out and add context to how "relieve" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to relieve the pressure and and to relieve him from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "relieve" sits close to words such as affiliate, broker and deferred, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with relieve
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Exercise can improve your mood and relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety. (12 words)
Come to me my friend, I will gladly relieve you of your burden. (13 words)
Drew Warner, who came in to relieve Schlenger, earned the win for the Warriors. (14 words)
Emma had her first operation in 2019 where she had ablation surgery to destroy some of the tissue in her reproductive area to help relieve the pain - but the operation was botched, and she was left in even more pain. (40 words)
Gaulden, the Minneapolis student, said her peers turn to vaping — sometimes as soon as they get to school — because they are seeking a way to relieve stress and mental health issues, which have been acute since the pandemic. (38 words)
Delis plays reporter Nat who decides to dig deeper into the case surrounding abandoned governmental plans to use a sublevel reservoir as a water recycling mechanism in order to relieve drought pressures across the state. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A shorter stem length will add more stability, make steering easier, relieve your back, and relieve your wrists.
Step 12: Relieve structural stress The twelfth step is to relieve stress upon the entire rebuilt crankshaft structure by heating it up again to 500-600 degrees.
According to HolistaPet, giving your dog the right CBD dosage every 8 hours or as needed to relieve pain and inflammation is the best option.
Alarmed, the petrified parent took her pride and joy to the pediatric hospital so they could relieve him of his respiratory interloper.
Among measures to reduce delayed discharges and relieve hospital pressures, include virtual ward beds and acute respiratory infection hubs ahead of winter.
A pit stop will give you a chance to relieve stress and move around a bit after being confined to an uncomfortable seat.
Apparently, Superman needs a red sun generator in his urinal just as much as Batman needs to relieve himself in something bat-shaped.
Asked how they managed to relieve and clean themselves, Oraon said: тАЬWe bathed using the natural hill water.
As Nerise says, she suspects Les saw calligraphy as a new interest, and to relieve him from helping with the many all-night kiln firings.
Basingstoke continued to dominate the first period, with their hosts rarely able to relieve the pressure and break out of their own half.
Carrick ventured into Skins’ half but Daire Hill carried well to relieve pressure while Eddie Keys cleared their line.
Come to me my friend, I will gladly relieve you of your burden.
Delis plays reporter Nat who decides to dig deeper into the case surrounding abandoned governmental plans to use a sublevel reservoir as a water recycling mechanism in order to relieve drought pressures across the state.
Derek revealed at the weekend that Hayley would need a skull implant to replace the piece of bone that was removed to relieve the pressure on her brain.
Drew Warner, who came in to relieve Schlenger, earned the win for the Warriors.
Emma had her first operation in 2019 where she had ablation surgery to destroy some of the tissue in her reproductive area to help relieve the pain - but the operation was botched, and she was left in even more pain.
Exercise can improve your mood and relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety.
First announced last August, this plan was overshadowed by the debt relief plan to relieve $20,000.
Gaulden, the Minneapolis student, said her peers turn to vaping — sometimes as soon as they get to school — because they are seeking a way to relieve stress and mental health issues, which have been acute since the pandemic.
He cautioned against the use of drugs to relieve stress, adding that rather than feel better, those who take sedatives without prescription would become addicted.
Common combinations with relieve
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: