Respites

Cemeteries, like parks, were seen as needed respites from hectic, dirty urban areas, full of beautiful landscaping, natural wildlife and plants and tasteful stone monuments, fountains and other landmarks.

I appreciated the brief respites between matches, be it effective backstage interviews or extra banter from the announce desk.

Catastrophic conditions on the New South Wales south coast and in eastern Victoria on New Year's Eve will return within 48 hours, with firefighters only having had the briefest of respites.

Grogu came across these delectable treats in one of his respites back in a school in Nevarro.

The magnetosphere of the Earth could provide the Moon with monthly respites from the solar wind, allowing hematite to form on the lunar surface.

In total, it’s a 426,100-word sentence—readers get several brief respites from the protagonist’s inner monologue with a parallel story, told from the perspective of a mountain lioness.

Ambrose (1984), p. 297. Eisenhower valued the brief respites and the amenities of an office which he endowed with an arduous daily schedule.

It also resulted in some brief respites for Indians during times when the instability led to uncollected taxes.