Sentence examples for relief tried from inspiring English sources

World Bicycle Relief tried to get around potential problems by spending months recruiting village elders to oversee the program (it helps that the elders receive bicycles, which they get to keep after two years if they provide solid oversight).

Barry Bearak (NYT) AFGHANISTAN: DROUGHT RELIEF Trying to reach drought victims in the remote northern province of Jowzjan, the United Nations World Food Program is using 700 donkeys to deliver 130 tons of wheat through rugged mountain terrain.

If your head hurts trying to figure all that out, you will not get much relief trying to figure out the Spurs-Grizzlies series, which involves understanding a) how the Spurs earned the No. 1 seed in the West or b) who abducted their players before the playoffs started and replaced them with slow, creaky facsimiles.

For quick relief, try cold compresses or eye creams whose ingredients include caffeine; cold and caffeine both reduce swelling and help you look and feel better.

For short-term relief, try lying on a hard, even surface for as long as possible.

If you're coughing a lot but not getting relief, try this to help loosen mucus.

If you can't quite tell the difference between a warped neck and relief, try comparing it to a string.

If you're truly tired of chronic headaches and can't seem to find any other relief, try vacationing away in a sunny area with consistent weather.

Sometimes moisturizing alone will help to ease any dry-skin related itchiness, but if you need some extra relief, try a hydrocortisone cream or over-the-counter anti-itch lotion.

Mr. Jacobs subsequently became director of a group called the Committee for Nigeria-Biafra Relief, which tried unsuccessfully to get a relief effort started that would ferry supplies by helicopter from aircraft carriers off the Nigerian coast.

Desperate for relief, she tried the injections again in August and again on Sept. 20.