Sentence examples for bit of a respite from inspiring English sources

Her furry face served as a bit of a respite at a time when the city found itself grappling with high crime rates and an intensifying financial crisis.

There's nothing like a heavy snowfall to give one a bit of a respite, to turn the ordinary, like walking to the corner store, into a little adventure.

The show with that title at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art hints at a bit of a respite from brain-taxing art theories.

For Mr. Babbitt, 62, who friends said was a retired train conductor, the store offered an escape into fantasy and a bit of a respite from home, where he cared for his 94-year-old mother, Lucille Babbitt.

My only thought about the headphones was that it would be a bit of a respite for him and hopefully wouldn't drag him backwards at all or make him feel any less confident than he already did.

AFTER several rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, months of corporate cost-cutting and layoffs, news that tax refund checks would soon be in the mail, and four quarters of tumbling markets, the second quarter brought a bit of a respite from the gloom.

Production of the final episodes of the 2013-14 seasof of "Sesame Street" went on a two-week break last week, a planned hiatus that provided a bit of respite for the show's cast and producers.

By then, many players seemed relieved to be headed to the West Coast for a change of scenery, a bit of respite from the boos.

If we can turn those off and just watch something gentle and beautiful and lovely – and interesting and informative – in our living rooms on a Sunday night, it's a bit of respite and reality".

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.

"Raul Meireles is quite a creative player who can perhaps give a bit of respite to Frank Lampard, but I have no idea what system manager Andre Villas-Boas is aiming towards".