Crossword-Solution: RESPITES
We have 18 clues for the answer “RESPITES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Temporary breathers | 1 answer |
| Periods of relief | 1 answer |
| Intervals of rest | 1 answer |
| Coffee breaks, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Brief reliefs | 1 answer |
| Brief periods of relaxation | 1 answer |
| Breathing spaces | 1 answer |
| Break periods | 2 answers |
| Peaceful interludes | 2 answers |
| Work breaks | 3 answers |
| Breathing spells | 3 answers |
| Postponements | 3 answers |
| Quick breaks | 3 answers |
| Time-outs | 4 answers |
| Lulls | 8 answers |
| Breathers | 10 answers |
| Delays. | 18 answers |
| Breaks | 27 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RESPITES (5)
With brief respites, during which we could hear the labored breathing of the contestants, the battle continued for the better part of an hour until the sounds of combat grew gradually less and finally ceased entirely.
Must die tomorrow? O, injurious love That respites me a life, whose very comfort Is still a dying horror! PROVOST.
But now he saw that she was free for awhile from the excess of joy; and indeed these respites must happen even to lovers for their own sakes, lest they sink beneath the heavenly burden of their hearts.
Day after day they filled their places without speech; in hours of labor they could not see each other’s faces; their short respites were given to sleep and the snatching of food.
Yet on each feast of Mary Their sorrow finds release, For the Great Archangel Michael Comes down and bids it cease; And the name of these brief respites Is called "Our Lady's Peace." Yet once--so runs the Legend-- When the Archangel came And all these holy spirits Rejoiced at Mary's name; One voice alone was wailing, Still wailing on the same.
Quotes with RESPITES (3)
I do not think the long-range bullets I fire provide the mark of a man; I am only dimly aware that they are dehumanising me. They are my opium tto see me through my time here. But with each hit they give, they only provide a feeling respite from the past I cannot escape from and thre present I have chosen to mire myself in. And, grounded as I am in the reality of this hill, I do not yet fully appreciate how this addiction is infecting my future with malediction. With this cli…
He got worse as the night wore on. Tessa tried not to think about the wound, tried not to think about what she was going to do if he died and left her alone. Instead, she concentrated on doing what she could to keep the fever down and keep him comfortable, dragging a chair over to the side of the bed when she became too weary to stay awake any longer and dozing in it for short respites. Toward morning, he began to thrash about on the bed, muttering. She bathed his heated skin…
A Party member is expected to have no private emotions and no respites from enthusiasm. He is supposed to live in a continuous frenzy of hatred of foreign enemies and internal traitors, triumph over victories, and self-abasement before the power and wisdom of the Party. The discontents produced by his bare, unsatisfying life are deliberately turned outwards and dissipated by such devices as the Two Minutes Hate, and the speculations which might possibly induce a sceptical or …
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 23 times in crossword archives (1976–2025).