Sentence examples for afternoon respite from inspiring English sources

Eat: For an afternoon respite, pull up a window stool at Panificio Bistro and Bakery and share a fresh-from-the-oven cinnamon muffin and cappuccino while you people-watch the locals go by.

At under 150 pages, it's a great book for your next plane trip or afternoon respite.

High tea is not an afternoon respite of finger sandwiches, scones, and sweets, but the main meal of the day for the working class.

He visited his wife twice daily, with just brief midday respites.

PHILADELPHIA — After one night's respite, the Rangers are back in a funk.

Officials said no threats had been received since Saturday morning, offering respite during the final week of school.

It was a sleepless, unbearably tense night and respite only came after William Walker, the American diplomat who headed the Kosovo Verification Mission, arrived to conduct negotiations.

The first leg in Donetsk promised an evening's respite from the rapture of promise and applause that surrounds Dortmund's chances in the competition this year, as the World paused to see just how well they'd do in a tricky arena.

In the morning, seeking respite if not reconciliation, I crawled out to see his friend Jack biting into a "noodle sandwich", which consisted of a badly cooked packet of super noodles squashed between white slices of bread that looked like a perm pressed between two mattresses.

The self-sacrifice of Callaghan and his task force had purchased one night's respite for Henderson Field.

His use of subdued colors punctuated by the reflected firelight underscores the quiet of the evening's respite following a long day's work.