Sentence examples for the only respite from inspiring English sources

The gentle evenings of feasting over stir fries and fresh fruit were the only respite.

The only respite were the defiant acts of kindness it also sparked.

The only respite is sleep, which I wake from with the dawning realisation that I can't walk a yard unaided.

The only respite from the demented pace, disastrous cast and yawnsome script is a scene-stealing cow.

Or 1931, when March and October provided the only respite from cool, wet, and windy weather which made this possibly the worst summer of the 20th century?

BOSTON — A cold, steady rain that postponed Sunday night's game was the only respite Bobby Valentine and the Boston Red Sox could find from their current dismal predicament.

Too many mystery writers who delve into the personal problems of their heroes wind up with books in which glumness and depression are the only respites from violence.

This would mean that, apart from undergoing surgery or taking a flight, seeing a play could offer one of the only respites from our smartphones.

The Chelsea goalkeeper fielded a Pirlo free-kick as well as shots from Vucinic and Quagliarella, with the visitors' only respite a mazy run by Oscar that led to a fierce low shot from Eden Hazard, which Gianluigi Buffon deflected wide.

Jones' victory party would undoubtedly be more gracious than Moore's sullen affair, with its tiny white-bread sandwich slivers and where a saxophone cover of Carlos Santana's "Smooth" served as the night's only respite.

In the fifth plane of Hell as Behomet disembowels you again and again, demon horde-birds tearing at your guts as a you re-heal and it happens all over again, for all eternity, your only respite the soft polyester fabric of the SnazzyNapper rubbing softly against your fire-scoured bones?