Wondering how to use Respite in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as reprieve or break.
Respite meaning
- A brief interval of rest or relief.
- A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
- The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
Synonyms of Respite
Using Respite
- The main meaning on this page is: A brief interval of rest or relief. | A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death. | The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
- Useful related words include: reprieve, break, interruption, suspension.
- In the example corpus, respite often appears in combinations such as: respite from, respite for, of respite.
Context around Respite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Respite
- In this selection, "respite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brief, little, relaxing, care, means and hayes stand out and add context to how "respite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brief respite another storm and a brief respite hayes went. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "respite" sits close to words such as charismatic, compassionate and deborah, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with respite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But there's little respite for shoppers right now. (9 words)
Eventually, though, I began to look forward to the respite from parenting. (12 words)
Hall Park provides dementia care, residential care, and short stay/respite care. (12 words)
Asked about his plans to continue to expand the homeless, tiny home “kauhale” concept, Green said that he loves the new medical respite kauhale off of Punchbowl Street in between The Queen’s Medical Center and the Washington Place governor’s mansion. (42 words)
Already this week, the overnight low at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport fell under 90 (32.2 C) for the first time in 16 days, finally allowing people some respite from the stifling heat once the sun goes down. (39 words)
Gary Caldwell said: “We take our role in the community very seriously at Exeter City, and we’re pleased to bring a little respite to the children and their families on Bramble Ward. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, one hour’s respite means a respite of one hour (exactly as the cat’s whiskers means the whiskers of the cat).
After a brief respite, another storm was expected to barrel into the state in a few days, adding to the misery of the state's residents.
After a brief respite, Hayes went for Lee as Lee blocked what appeared to be a suplex attempt.
Airport lounge access can transform an otherwise gruelling layover into a relaxing respite.
Already this week, the overnight low at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport fell under 90 (32.2 C) for the first time in 16 days, finally allowing people some respite from the stifling heat once the sun goes down.
Also part of the respite experience is a converted lorry who is endearingly named Wilbur.
A record-smashing wet winter offered brief respite from years of compounding drought exacerbated by human-caused climate change on the Colorado River.
Asked about his plans to continue to expand the homeless, tiny home “kauhale” concept, Green said that he loves the new medical respite kauhale off of Punchbowl Street in between The Queen’s Medical Center and the Washington Place governor’s mansion.
At AmAble, we recognise the significance of respite care, especially during the festive season.
Brampton View care Home provides nursing care, residential care, respite care and dementia care.
But a Pfizer-backed drug trial offers the chance of a miracle respite, both for Meurig and a ragtag cohort of underperforming gentlemen.
But City was then guilty of resting on their laurels and allowing Spurs’ makeshift defence some respite.
But there's little respite for shoppers right now.
Eventually, though, I began to look forward to the respite from parenting.
Expanding community-based services like transitional housing, crisis stabilization units and peer respite would keep more people from having to be in the hospital in the first place.
For some, it’s a respite and a break from the weight of the world.
Gary Caldwell said: “We take our role in the community very seriously at Exeter City, and we’re pleased to bring a little respite to the children and their families on Bramble Ward.
Hall Park provides dementia care, residential care, and short stay/respite care.
He revels in lined by snow-dusted evergreens that provide a respite from politics.
Honeypot are currently recruiting staff to assist on the respite breaks as well as volunteers to help coordinate various tasks around the Dalleagles home.
Common combinations with respite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- respite from 59×
- respite for 20×
- of respite 17×
- brief respite 15×
- some respite 15×
- the respite 15×
- no respite 13×
- respite care 9×
- respite in 8×
- little respite 7×