The phrase "refreshing period" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to a designated time period during which one can take a break or rest in order to regain energy and focus. Example: After a long day of work, I like to take a refreshing period of 20 minutes to relax and clear my mind before continuing with my tasks.
"I am sure he is going to have a refreshing break period and will be ready to come back.
And that made it a refreshing stop.
This is why they're so refreshing in the modern period of crybabies sanctioned by designer therapists.
A report from the National University of Singapore found that cyberloafing — the term for personal Internet use at work — can be refreshing for workers after long periods spent engrossed in an Excel spreadsheet or rushing to meet a deadline.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), in refreshing contrast, lacked the authority to extend the registration period but supported the lawsuit seeking more time.
It is refreshing to have the world recognize her physical beauty as a woman, period.
California Energy Commissioner David Hochschild wrote, "I found it truly refreshing to have this kind of extended, good-faith dialogue in a period where our country is so divided and stuck in political mud...
"The sad state of affairs thanks to a pompous businessman turned reality TV star (whose show consistently ran LAST in its time period, by the way) who thinks speaking his mind is refreshing," Greenblatt reportedly wrote.
"It's such a fertile period, there's such a lot going on; it's fantastically refreshing".
Edmund White's book City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and 1970s gives an honest and refreshing account of what life was like for gays in New York during this period.
Sometimes moments of unself-conscious period racism do make it to the screen, and it is almost refreshing to see it kicked out from under its stone.
