Sentence examples for a minute of respite from inspiring English sources

Following the attack on the police station, Mr Santos said the military should "stay on the offensive" and not give rebels "a minute of respite".

When the first bell rings and the first punch connects, the fighter can look forward to a minute of respite with Stitch, who will tell them to sit back, relax and don't worry about a thing.

Only his beautifully observed death offers the audience a moment of respite: the final five minutes of the film are silent as Lenin sits in his wheelchair in the garden listening to the noise of cows and birds and thunder, waiting to die.

They need a bit of respite.

Mostly, people long for gardens that offer a bit of respite from urban chaos.

"It's only once a month but it gives me and others a bit of respite".

Released from aching knees, I welcomed the few minutes of respite before the rigid scimitars against my buttocks supplanted old pain with new.

But even that brought only 15 minutes of respite.

I wanted to turn my brain off, even just for a minute, for temporary respite.

This is a rare bit of respite for Darling – if, that is, meeting a man from the Guardian counts as respite – after three years of tumult.

Playwriting has been a kind of respite.