Sentence examples for brief relief from inspiring English sources

Some barnyard humor offers brief relief, as the prostitutes razz one another and seek omens from a clairvoyant donkey.

Priests and nuns also run a chain of shelters; providing food, lodging, and a brief relief from exhaustion, and the dangers they face.

Pain in the finger; chills through arms and torso; a sudden spasm in the heart; puzzlement; brief relief; then new anxiety and isolation.

Greg remembers those as the very worst years, a period when he occasionally turned to prison dope and moonshine for brief relief and when he got written up a number of times for minor infractions.

Last season Hunwick, who had made only two brief relief appearances in two and a half years at Michigan, stepped in for the injured No. 1 goalie, Bryan Hogan (groin-muscle strain), and helped the Wolverines reach the tournament's quarterfinals.

This time, he drove the Jets to the Saints' 29 yard line -- the rookie Lamont Jordan had a 27-yard run in brief relief of Martin -- before disaster struck again.

For many, this brief respite provided no relief since they emerged from their shelters only to find that the places they knew no longer existed.

While providing brief comic relief, the cows failed to lift the overall gloom that has gripped the race.

Revivals of the sardine-obsessed Noises Off and the restaurant-set Fully Committed offered some brief farcical relief, but only a sublime production of She Loves Me – with its art nouveau sets, trilling leads, and air of unabashed delight – meaningfully lightened the mood.

George Soros, the outspoken billionaire hedge fund investor and philanthropist, said a short and decisive victory in Iraq would provide brief economic relief, but warned that U.S. military policy is creating a dangerous "bubble of American supremacy".

He was supposed to leave Bastogne on 18 December, but spent another night there so that he could brief his relief force, the 101st Airborne Division.