How to Use respite in a Sentence

respite

1 of 2 noun

• The bad weather has continued without respite.
• But what if there is no respite?
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
• But our respite proved short-lived.
  — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
• But the respite proved a brief one.
  — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• But the respite could be short-lived.
  — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
• Some respite may be on the horizon.
  — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
• Some respite may be on the horizon.
  — Semafor Events, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
• Still, there is no relief or respite for him.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
• Yet for those with yearlong stints, that can be a respite.
  — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
• Thomas hopes that his palate cleanser will be a welcome respite.
  — Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022
• Aguano wanted his team to have a respite, at least for a day.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
• Sunday brought a brief respite with calmer winds and a break in the heat.
  — Editors, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2020
• For years, your column was a respite for me from the news of the day.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2020
• Yet the real draw for those seeking a respite with a spark?
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
• The best respite was on the boat's helipad.
  — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
• And, after a summer respite, bird flu is back.
  — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
• Jonovich said Phoenix does not have any plans to offer overnight respite.
  — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 29 May 2020
• The conclusion most folks have come to is that sea chanteys are a respite.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 14 Jan. 2021
• There is little respite in sight for those hoping to buy their first home.
  — Alyssa Fowers, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
• Hoping for a brief respite from AI in tech?
  — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• His one place of respite was the tiny library on the shelter’s top floor.
  — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021
• But the runways offered a respite.
  — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
• Most guests, though, seek respite here since caregivers get a special rate.
  — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2024
• Free one hour support group, Alzheimer's café, and four hour respite care.
  — Alan Goch, Jewish Journal, 10 July 2018
• For me, the only true respite from the world is a cold, dark movie theater.
  — Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018
• But instead of respite, the fires gave way to flash flooding along the east coast.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2020
• Turn to them for respite and a reminder of what makes the world better, not worse.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2021
• But many people harbor thoughts of a break or respite from their day-to-day lives.
  — Deborah Needleman, Town & Country, 11 July 2018
• The respite seemed at first like a sudden patch of sun in the middle of a hail storm.
  — Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com, 15 May 2019
• When not blooming, the lush green leaves step in to provide respite from the desert sun.
  — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 15 June 2026

respite

2 of 2 adjective

• How is respite care provided when my caregiver needs a break?
  — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2022
• But on respite night, they are encouraged to lead the way, buddies following their whims.
  — Linda Friedel, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
• The comfy seats of our pickup were a welcome respite post-headliner performances.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 1 June 2018
• For a time, the respite center staff wondered if the families would stop being released completely.
  — Jessica Contrera, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2017
• His reappearance at a charity event—not in custody or jail—gave Alibaba’s investors respite, and its stock, a boost.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2023
• The respite wing is for individuals who still need medical care but can no longer remain at a hospital and have no safe place to go to continue care.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
• About one-in-four would like respite services, while one-in-three identify emotional support and professional assessment of their needs.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
• Instead, he was left behind, forgotten, and neglected at K9 Hero Haven, a place that should’ve gave him respite.
  — Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
• Residents can see date extensions of respite centers, activation times and other locations.
  — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
• The Alzheimer’s Association provides tips on caregiving, how to get respite care and referrals for services.
  — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The most that Tuesday’s win could ever offer given the calibre of the opposition was respite, not revival, and placation falls a long way short of persuasion.
  — Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
• In its populous capital, slowing down might feel like a contradiction, but the best Airbnbs in Tokyo offer travelers respite from the bustle.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
• Republicans block any meaningful investment in respite care, training programs or workforce development.
  — Neal K. Shah, Boston Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
• Having counseling and support services available to caregivers, as well as respite programs to temporarily relieve them of their responsibilities, could also help.
  — Dhruv Khullar, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2017
• Despite initial reasoning for the respite episode, Gadd discovered during editing that removing Martha’s omnipresent threat diminished the show’s tension.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 July 2025
• In Nevada’s Clark County, local officials are operating more than 35 cooling centers that offer people respite from the heat.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 July 2023
• Parachute House, Milwaukee County's only respite home for people struggling through addiction and mental health symptoms, closed briefly and now faces an uncertain future.
  — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025
• Participants received benefits like homemaker services, personal care, adult day care, respite services, and medical transportation.
  — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
• Many navigate daily challenges without access to therapies, respite, or appropriate education.
  — Andi Putt, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
• Those services include respite care, housekeeping, home delivered meals, personal emergency response plans, transportation, adult day care, special medical equipment or supplies, caregiver training and home health aide services.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2020
• Pomeroy, which already operates licensed overnight respite programs elsewhere with staff on duty seven days a week, has begun the process of applying for new licensing at 2626 Fulton, Cohen said.
  — Carolyne Zinko, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2018
• The responses to those surveys — which overwhelmingly asked for emergency financial assistance — led to the organization launching its respite response program earlier this year, and now the new holiday relief effort.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
• The Biden administration has embraced the idea of respite services under Medicare, including a pilot program for the families of dementia patients that will begin in 2024.
  — Reed Abelson Desiree Rios, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023