15 adjectives to describe respites

But in spite of secrecy and fog, how little respite we had given him!

A sense of fatigue is the mute appeal of the body for a brief respite from labor, and the appeal should, if possible, be heeded.

Having thus secured a temporary respite, Henry encouraged and aided his people in building walled cities all along the frontier.

A few steps came and went, passing me; but no one took any notice, and the absence of the noise and crowding gave me a momentary respite.

Apart from anything else it is a welcome respite on the journey.

The day gave her a slight respite and she trusted in some miracle.

Of the policy of such a measure great doubts may fairly be entertained, inasmuch as the vacations are so short as to give sufficient respite neither to master nor scholar; and these occasional breaks, in the arduous duties of the former more especially, enable him to repair the exhausted energies of body and mind by necessary relaxation.

"Fidelis," quoth Beltane, "methinks there is some magic in thy touch, for now is my pain abatedhast a wondrous gentle hand" "'Tis the cordial giveth thee respite, lord" "Nay, 'tis thy hand, methinks.

If you have gained a respite of either in sleep you have gained more than the mere respite.

CANUTE BECOMES KING OF ENGLAND A.D. 1017 DAVID HUME (After the success of King Alfred over the Danes in the last quarter of the ninth century, England enjoyed a considerable respite from the invasions of the bold ravagers who had caused great suffering and loss to the country.

Preparations of Antiochus for War with Rome Antiochus employed the unexpected respite in strengthening his position at home and his relations with his neighbours before beginning the war, on which for his part he was resolved, and became all the more so, the more the enemy appeared to procrastinate.

Hundreds and hundreds of teachers in every part of our country, there is no doubt, have all these crowding upon them from morning to night, with no cessation, except perhaps some accidental and momentary respite.

But what right had he to deprive himself even of the accustomed summer respite of ordinary preachers, and waste the golden July hours in studying Sclavonic dialects?

At last realisation had come, and Mary Landor was paying the price of the brief lethargic respite; paying it with usury, paying it with the helpless abandon of the dependent.

Not much hope in that, worse luck; only a limited respite.

15 adjectives to describe  respites