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Examples of reprieve in a Sentence
- And many murderers have been reprieved because they were condemned for the wrong murder, quite probably just as many as have been executed for the only murder they did not in fact commit. —Christopher Hitchens, Nation, 14 May 2001
- In a postscript to the very same letter, he added, 'If he must die, it were charity to reprieve him till Saturday.' If there had been any doubt of his fate, this weakness and meanness would have settled it. The very next day, which was the twelfth of May, he was brought out to be beheaded on Tower Hill. —Charles Dickens, A Child's History of England, 1854
He was sentenced to death but then reprieved.
The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year.
Recent Examples of reprieve from the Web
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Reprieved from collapse, the Ottoman Empire’s government pursued radical reforms.
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Examples of reprieve in a Sentence
- In Baghdad, you learn to savor small pleasures. When the weather turned unexpectedly cool one recent evening … , people emptied out of their houses, braving the ever present threat of violence in order to enjoy a brief reprieve from the heat. —Aparisim Ghosh, Time, 11 July 2005
- Six days later Captain Dufranne announced that they would sail early on the morrow. Jane would have begged for a further reprieve, had it not been that she too had begun to believe that her forest lover would return no more. —Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, 1914
- It may be, on the other hand, that the destruction of the Martians is only a reprieve. To them, and not to us, perhaps, is the future ordained. —H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898
- That he did not regard it as a desperate case, that he did not say a few hours must end it, was at first felt, beyond the hope of most; and the ecstasy of such a reprieve, the rejoicing, deep and silent, after a few fervent ejaculations of gratitude to Heaven had been offered, may be conceived. —Jane Austen, Persuasion, 1817
- Death, that inexorable judge, had passed sentence on him, and refused to grant him a reprieve, though two doctors who arrived, and were fee'd at one and the same instant, were his counsel. —Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, 1749
They wanted to close the library, but we managed to get a reprieve for it.
This warm spell has given us a reprieve from the winter cold.
Recent Examples of reprieve from the Web
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Noble didn't get his reprieve, but earlier this year, the parole board voted to remove the 10-year rule.
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This year's winter weather provided a reprieve compared with the snow that dominated 2017.
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By tweaking the law, Mickey got another 20-year reprieve.
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In fact, the Indiana State Board of Education has listened to numerous hours of debate from private schools hoping for reprieves from the law, including two more on Wednesday.
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For Nicole Beverly, the jury's verdict means a reprieve from fear.
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Despite the reprieve, Keating's businesses continued to spiral downward, taking the five senators with him.
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Another company benefiting from the reprieve is ArcelorMittal SA, MT 4.78% the world’s largest steel producer.
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All three released statements last October sharply condemning the power producer, signaling that the Hollywood tastemaker would not find reprieve overseas.
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Origin and Etymology of reprieve
First Known Use: 1552
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
See Words from the same yearREPRIEVE Defined for English Language Learners
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: to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a prisoner who is sentenced to death)
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: to prevent (something) from being closed, destroyed, etc., for a period of time
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: an official order that delays the punishment of a prisoner who is sentenced to death
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: a delay that keeps something bad from happening
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: a period of relief from pain, trouble, etc.
REPRIEVE Defined for Kids
- We were reprieved when a storm closed school on test day.
- Rain brought a reprieve from the heat.
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