Use relieved in a sentence
Sentences starting with relieved
- Relieved of the worst of her griefs, Agne followed her new friend through the streets and lanes, till they paused at the gate of a small garden and he said: "Here we are. [10]
- Relieved by her discharge of all obligations of silence, she had written him frankly about the whole affair, and, indeed, put him in possession of unrecorded details and indications that filled him with anxiety, to be sure, but raised his courage and strengthened his determination. [4]
Sentences ending with relieved
- Oh, I tell you, I am immensely delighted and relieved. [5]
- The soldiers forming the picket line, like showmen exhibiting a curiosity, no longer looked at the French but paid attention to the sight-seers and grew weary waiting to be relieved. [2]
- He finally sent the man away at 3 o'clock one morning; and when he was gone, Mr. Dilworthy said to himself, "I feel a good deal relieved, now, a great deal relieved. [5]
- We felt immensely relieved. [5]
- My uncle took it down without a wink, as if it had been water, and seemed relieved. [4]
- The stricken driver had sunk down on the boot as soon as he was wounded, but had held on to the reins and said he would manage to keep hold of them until relieved. [5]
- They must all die here, if they were not relieved. [11]
- Still others, who are true to the Union, openly relieved. [9]
- But Richard, sitting apart, watched Frank's face acutely, himself wondering when the hour would come that the wife would forgive her husband, and this situation so fraught with danger would be relieved. [11]
- He looked relieved. [9]
Short sentences using relieved
- Relieved? [11]
Sentences containing relieved two or more times
- Since Grant has been entirely relieved by the fall of Vicksburg, by which Johnston is also relieved, it has seemed to me that your chance for a stroke has been considerably diminished, and I have not been pressing you directly or indirectly. [7]
More example sentences with the word relieved in them
- The rest of you shall march for Kentucky," he cried, "as soon as Captain Bowman's company can be relieved at Cahokia. [9]
- A huge chandelier with prisms hung over the flowers at the centre of the table, which sparkled with glass and silver, while dishes of vermilion and yellow fruits relieved the whiteness of the cloth. [9]
- Now spreading its wings, throwing up its head, or opening its tail like a fan; now strutting about with a hopping gait until tired, when it gabbled some kind of note, and was relieved by another. [1]
- It was doubtful whether he wished to be relieved of his embassy or not. [6]
- And when they were relieved, what of himself, Wyndham bimbashi? [11]
- After the guards were relieved they had suddenly surrounded him, and, in spite of his vigorous resistance, would have taken him prisoner. [10]
- He succeeded pretty well, but the failure of Page, Bacon & Co. relieved him of six thousand dollars, and then, to all intents and purposes, he was a bankrupt in his old age and he resumed service in the pulpit again. [5]
- I may as well mention that B. F. came to me after breakfast to borrow the pamphlet for "a lady,"--one of the boarders, he said,--looking as if he had a secret he wished to be relieved of. [6]
- It would be well if they could be relieved from duty and flung out in the literary back yard to rot and disappear along with the discarded and forgotten "steeds" and "halidomes" and similar stage-properties once so dear to our grandfathers. [5]
- In his pages we find characters and scenes minutely set forth in elaborate and characteristic detail, which is relieved and heightened in effect by the artistic breadth of light and shade thrown across the broader prospects of history. [6]
- But this alarm was in a little while relieved, for lo! [4]
- That Major-General E. V. Sumner, at his own request, be relieved from duty in the Army of the Potomac. [7]
- Two sentinels marched up and down, relieved every half hour until the early dawn of the summer Sunday brightened the eastern sky. [10]
- But then Kitty Tynan was as fond of singing as a canary, and relieved her feelings constantly by this virtuous and becoming means, with her good contralto voice. [11]
- And if the truth be told, he was on the whole relieved that she was nobody. [9]
- They were so troubled about my enchanted clothes that they were mightily relieved, at last, when old Merlin swept the difficulty away for them with a common-sense hint. [5]
- I was in trouble and you have relieved me nobly and at a time when all seemed dark and drear. [5]
- He passed over to the other side, a few miles away and relieved two men of devils, which passed into some swine. [5]
- Irene seemed relieved to get away into the open air, but she was in a mood that Mr. King could not account for. [4]
- They were not to be relieved by other mercenaries till the next morning. [10]
- If Hassan got through to Kerbat his Gippies here would no doubt be relieved, and there would be no more blood on his head. [11]
- An attendant at this moment announced the philosopher, and Caracalla, much relieved, went into the tablinum to meet him. [10]
- The only bearable thing about the fall of Richmond was that it relieved me from that Fall. [4]
- But immediately behind them were Edward Lambert and Mrs. Townley, and these, with their simple tact, naturalness, and freedom from any sort of embarrassment, acted as foils, and relieved the situation. [11]
- I shall have them relieved from time to time, and at intervals look after them myself. [10]
- He had relieved them of such money as was in their pockets, and then had caused them to write sumptuous cheques on their banks, payable to bearer. [11]
- Relieved, she stroked the youth's curls and, ere his whispered explanation was ended, turned her back upon him and hurried into the lighted room to tell her mistress whom she had found outside. [10]
- This time, to the surprise of her sister, who had always relieved her of such cares, Eva herself did the packing. [10]
- The chair relieved the room of anything like commonness, and somehow was in sympathy with the simple surroundings, making for dignity and sweet quiet. [11]
- By direction of the President, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army. [7]
- At first, Lapierre the official had been inclined to babble, but at last he relieved his mind by interjections only. [11]
- He had relieved the meeting of the necessity of taking any further action: of putting their names, for instance, in their enthusiasm to a paper which the first citizen might see. [9]
- A point on the mainland where they found a pond of fresh water they named "Poynt Ployer in honer of the most honorable house of Monsay, in Britaine, that in an extreme extremitie once relieved our Captain. [4]
- His inquiries at the hospital relieved his mind. [11]
- For he had the hooked vulture nose, while the pink baldness of his head was relieved by a few scanty tufts of hair. [9]
- Appearing here for the first time in my life, I have been somewhat embarrassed for a topic by way of introduction to my speech; but I have been relieved from that embarrassment by an introduction which the Ohio Statesman newspaper gave me this morning. [7]
- When they reached the dining room she was relieved to discover that the party in the corner had gone. [9]
- Her hasty information that the Emperor did not wish to hear the choir at noon somewhat relieved his mind; but when, in answer to his no less hasty question about the singing at the late meal, the answer came, "What is that to me? [10]
- You know already that Munich owes this fine park to the foresight and liberality of an American Tory, Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford), born in Rumford, Vt., who also relieved Munich of beggars. [4]
- Austen assured himself that her disappearance relieved him: having virtually quarrelled with her father, conversation would have been awkward; and yet he looked for her. [9]
- I cursed the stubborn pride which had led the captain to hire a post-chaise, when the wagon had served us so much better, and besides relieved him of the fusillade of ridicule he got travelling as a gentleman. [9]
- It relieved me some from a little anxiety I had about Maine. [7]
- He had come so near to being relieved of that most precious possession, his respectability, that the reason in Mr. Cooke's course now appealed to him very strongly. [9]
- Later, when the smash came, he had been still more relieved that she was out of town. [4]
- After years of skulking retirement and dissipation, death had relieved him of his troubles at last, and his funeral followed close upon that of Mr. Hawkins. [5]
- It was half-past six when I awoke and went to the window, relieved to find that the sun had scattered my morbid fancies with the darkness; and I speculated, as I dressed, whether the thing called conscience were not, after all, a matter of nerves. [9]
- As soon as she felt one hand was hot, she put the other in its place; and it must have relieved the patient, for his moans ceased by degrees, and he finally said, gratefully: "What good that does me! [10]
- Tears came--tears of shame, of joy, of sorrow, of rejoicing, of regret; tears that burned, and yet relieved her, tears that pained while they comforted. [9]
- That General Schofield shall be relieved, and General Butler be appointed as Commander of the Military Department of Missouri. [7]
- He had been set to labour in the nickel mines; but that came near to killing him, and again through Laflamme's pleading he had been made a prisoner of the first class, and so relieved of all heavy tasks. [11]
- A mysterious lesion seemed to have taken place, I felt astonished and relieved, yet I was heavy with sadness. [9]
- I like to see other people muddled now and then, because my own occasional dulness is relieved by a good solid background of stupidity in my neighbors. [6]
- Why had she secretly been a little relieved from restraint when her Brandon visit ended in the spring? [4]
- How well his satin clothes and velvet cloak became him, how beautifully the white puffs were relieved against the deep blue of his dress! [10]
- Tom and Huck rose up, weak but vastly relieved, and stared after them through the chinks between the logs of the house. [5]
- I was greatly relieved, when I arrived, to find Patty on the porch. [9]
- He was infinitely relieved, however, to find that the lord of the Manor Cartier seemed only to be grateful that Sebastian Dolores did not return, and nodded emphatically when M. Fille remarked that perhaps it would be just as well if he never did return. [11]
- Mr. Bolton was relieved, exactly as a water-logged ship is lightened by throwing overboard the most valuable portion of the cargo--but the leak was not stopped. [5]
- He was tremendously relieved, and showed it. [9]
- I was so relieved when judge Leventritt did find something that was not taxable--when he said that the commissioner could not tax your patience. [5]
- But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better. [9]
- He was rather relieved than otherwise. [9]
- Mr. Goodman's return relieved me of employment, unless I chose to become a reporter again. [5]
- The body-servant's position relieved him of such humble duties, still, when on the chase, when travelling, or as need arose, he was accustomed to perform them unasked, and very willingly. [10]
- John Porter be relieved from command of the corps he now commands in said army, and that Major-General Hooker take command of said corps. [7]
- The animals felt relieved and grateful, and asked him to go at once--which he did. [5]
- By degrees she regained composure, and she was rising, sensible of being relieved of a weighty burden, when a sudden start on Lassiter's part alarmed her. [13]
- Frequently he even refused to be relieved from duty, and remained all night at the helm. [10]
- I would be quit of you, and would be relieved if you were dead. [12]
- And she was positively relieved, or thought that she was, when she went down to supper and discovered that the table in the corner was empty. [9]
- Major-General McClellan having personally taken the field at the head of the Army of the Potomac, until otherwise ordered he is relieved from the command of the other military departments, he retaining command of the Department of the Potomac. [7]
- It relieved the pain, and when Cordula told her so, Els went on with her explanation. [10]
- After a time, our prisoners were in part relieved, and I made the Chevalier rest also, for he had taken his task in good part, and had ordered his men to submit cheerfully. [11]
- Gangs relieved each other, and the tunnel was every hour, inch by inch and foot by foot, crawling into the mountain. [5]
- She felt not only relieved of a burden, but as if borne on wings. [10]
- The Tractors (wooden ones) were applied, and in the space of five minutes she expressed herself relieved in the following apostrophe: "Bless me! [3]
- The argument founded on this occasional good would be as applicable in justifying the counterfeiter and giving circulation to his base coin, on the ground that a spurious dollar had often relieved a poor man's necessities. [6]
- At the summit of the hill they stopped with the icon; the men who had been holding it up by the linen bands attached to it were relieved by others, the chanters relit their censers, and service began. [2]
- The condescending graciousness of Pharaoh's reception awakened feelings of mingled pleasure and distrust in Hosea's mind, but he summoned courage to frankly express his desire to be relieved from his office and the oath he had sworn to his sovereign. [10]
- Besides, the presence of her companion relieved her from the terrors with which the darkness and the solitude had tortured her. [10]
- She was relieved of a great responsibility. [6]
- I was relieved now, and could say all my say without any furtivenesses and without embarrassment. [5]
- He was relieved not to meet her intense gaze as he advanced toward her and took Philostratus's place, who whispered to her to control herself and not bring death and ruin upon them all. [10]
- For his decision not to leave Newport had had an opposite effect upon her than that she had anticipated; it had oddly relieved the pressure. [9]
- The poor were never turned from her door without alms, and where she encountered great want she often relieved it with a generosity far beyond her means. [10]
- I would give much to be relieved of the impression that Meade, Couch, Smith, and all since the battle at Gettysburg, have striven only to get Lee over the river without another fight. [7]
- His Excellency appeared much relieved to see my grandfather; Mr. Daniel Dulany was with him, and the three gentlemen at once repaired to the Governor's writing-closet for consultation. [9]
- Perhaps there is more sense of force, but the majesty of the scene is relieved by a hundred shifting effects of light and color. [4]
- There was no moon, but the stars gave a light that relieved the gloom. [11]
- The garrison of Memphis, which is devoted to Rameses, shall be sent to Nubia, and shall be relieved by troops that are faithful to me. [10]
- Speaking of the matter relieved her heart, and in a somewhat calmer mood she was carried to Schweinau. [10]
- When a woman makes her tedious rounds, why is she always relieved to find people not in? [4]
- She was a little repelled, a little piqued; and a little relieved when the man on her other side spoke to her, and she recognized Mr. Reginald Farwell, the architect. [9]
- A few heavy little clouds were darkly relieved against the blue sky, and a peasant, driving two sucking pigs before him, called to another, who was carrying a goose under each arm, that the sun was drawing water, and thundershowers seldom came singly. [10]
- Blanche only occasionally left the sick man's bedside to be relieved by Soldier Joe and Freddy Tarlton. [11]
- It was too late that day, but he resolved to go to the confessional on the morrow, for absolution had always relieved and lightened his heart. [10]
- The sensation which kindles in large assemblies, when they are relieved from a state of breathless suspense and are again free to speak and move, was yet rife, when the lodger, as usual, summoned the men up stairs. [12]
- She wore a jacket of the same material, and a single brilliant ornament at her throat relieved the simplicity. [11]
- She evidently found it hard to come to a decision; and for the moment she was relieved of the necessity, for runners came hurrying up, and the senator hastily desired Melissa to stand aside. [10]
- Every thread of it had been delicately and firmly knitted, till it was like perfect soft blue cloth, relieved by a little red silk ribbon at the collar. [11]
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