Sentence examples for have earned a respite from inspiring English sources

SURELY, investors in financial companies have earned a respite from their long slog of losses, and the recent rally has been a tonic for damaged stock portfolios.

Libya's erratic leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, has earned a respite from American and international sanctions imposed after the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, but that is as far as Washington should go in rebuilding relations.

Still, one would have thought he had earned a little respite from relentless scrutiny and criticism.

Such are the privileges of a champion: Coughlin has earned a brief respite from speculation and hyperventilation about his team's future.

'The Siberian Express.' " He has earned a few laughs, and a respite, though not a real drink -- he stopped with the vodka as a New Year's resolution a few years back -- after performing two nights in a row.

The president has earned a second term.

Any hope that we had somehow earned a respite after last winter was, of course, a sentimental fantasy, as if the weather, an impersonal force if ever there was one, knew something about fair play.

Even janitors have earned $50,000 a year.

On weekends, however, he looks refreshed and energized, positively glowing with the middle-class knowledge of having earned his weekly respite.

She had earned around $56,000 a year.

None has ever earned a penny.