Mordieu, you relieveme marvellously," says McBean, and O'Connor put his back against the door.
My brother boasted afterwards that it was he made him relieve them of the baby.
The laws of Justinian, influenced largely by the teaching of Christianity, did a great deal to relieve the burdens of slavery.
In their conduits they built shafts at frequent intervals designed to relieve the pressure of compressed air in the pipes.
He received me politely, invited me repeatedly to his house, and, in the course of further explanation, became acquainted with my wants, and the steps I had taken to relieve them.
The Lord of Lords, by governing His Kala Sakti, shall appear on the Earth and relieve her pressure.
He wished to relieve the Earth of the weight of the Daityas who were oppressing her.
O'Riley capered somewhat extravagantly as he drew near, partly with the intention of expressing his feelings of good-will towards the unknown, and partly in order to relieve the excitement caused by the unexpected apparition.
Dumps wouldn't; so Poker endeavoured to relievehis mind by gambolling violently round him.
The stores, in order to relieve the strain on the ship, were removed to Store Island, and snugly housed under the tent erected there, and then a thick bank of snow was heaped up round it.
The dogs of the last sledge follow mechanically and require no whip, and the riders change about so as to relieve each other.
His skin seemed dry and hot, and he slanted his campaign hat low over his eyes to dim the glare of the sun and relieve the strain on his eyeballs, which ached fiercely.
He sat up straight torelieve the thunderous humming in his head, then comprehending that the amazing sound was a reality, he strove to solve the source of the bewildering tones.
I will relieve you in three months, Major," he said.
In an effort to relieve the atmosphere of constraint the three planters attempted conversation, but it fell dead, and each applied himself to his dinner.
To relieve the strain of embarrassment he felt in her closeness to him, he turned to the grinning Major.
At any rate, he determined to relieve himself of the cares of government.
The crude or dangerous remedies of the medicine of the day were powerless to relieve Mahaut; phlebotomy and purgatives probably served but to exhaust her already depleted strength, and the physicians recognized that her end was at hand.
When nothing remained to him but his trousers, the wife of a chief, who had not received her share of the spoil, wished to relieve him even of those indispensable garments!
He knew what precautions to take to preserve the health of his crews, to keep himself well, and what occupations and amusements would bestrelieve the tedium of a three months' night.
And it was a crest-fallen, pallid being who came forth from the dimness of the woods torelieve Morton's anxiety.
They stood around the brass band, and one of them attempted to relieve his pent-up feelings by sticking a button into the big trombone, with the effect of nearly strangling the stout gentleman who was playing on it.
Everything that could please, everything that could relieve the tedium of a voluntary exile, everything that could remind one of a luxurious European home, was to be found in this fairy abode.
When Wilson came to relieve the geographer, he found him wrapt in a profound reverie.
On sounding they found less than two feet of water in the hold, which the pumps could easily exhaust, and thus relieve the ship.
We hear, God be thanked, that as yet Chester holds out, to relievewhich the 6000 men are ready are transportation.
Public meeting at the Town Hall, for raising a fund torelieve the distressed Lancashire operatives.
Yarmouth to relieve and employ the labouring poor; 460 men were employed to form roads to the Bath House, Jetty, &c.
The Lynn and Freebridge Yeomanry Cavalry, with the Artillery and Rifle Corps, marched through Norwich to Yarmouth, to relieve the Dereham and South Erpingham troops.
The Hingham and Wymondham troops marched to Yarmouth, to relievethe Swaffham and Dereham troops.
Meeting convened on the 29th to relieve the widows and orphans left destitute.
Threepenny bits came in now but slowly, and Mutimer exerted himself earnestly to relieve the growing want in what he called his 'parishes.
At table he talked freely; did he know--she asked herself--that this would relieve her?
He did not offer to relieve her of the bundle in primitive societies woman is naturally the burden-bearer.
The speaker displayed the gratitude of the commons, because her sacred ears were ever open to hear them, and her blessed hands ever stretched out to relieve them.
No one gave himself thenceforth any concern to relieve her from a captivity which was believed to proceed entirely from her own approbation and connivance.
The thought sent a quiver through every nerve, and it was with no ordinary emotion that Claude sought to relieve his fallen enemy.
Here seemed one who might relieve her in her distress.
Finally, fertile nooks, little houses, and orchards made their welcomed appearance, which began to relieve the mind wearied with the long scene of barren emptiness.
As there were others who could continue the meetings the Spirit seemed to relieve his mind of all burden for that place, and he felt it his duty to attend the Eldership.
It was such a relief to find him unhurt, but I felt that I must see you also, so as to relieve Naida's mind entirely.
It will relieve my mind to know they are safe; if I don't come, then I want you to open them and do whatever you decide is best for the little girl.
I shall certainly discover some means by which I may do my part in shaping this girl's future, but in the meanwhile will relieve you of my undesired presence.
They are easily imposed upon by professional beggars, and in most cases fail in their well-meant efforts to reach and relieve the deserving who are in actual need.
Of every five dollars paid out by the city treasury to relieve the sick and destitute, two dollars is absorbed by the salary and expense accounts.
To let them feel that no responsibility rests with them during the busy season, and that all the responsibility rests with us to relieve their needs when the busy season is over, rapidly pushes them into the third class.
When these nurses are careful to instruct well members of the household in the care of the sick, their influence is especially helpful, and they are often able not only to relieve suffering, but to raise the standard of living in the home.
There are some who think it a pity that, out of their slender store, the poor should give to the still poorer; they feel that the rich should relieve the poor of this burden.
It follows from the foregoing that when we relieve at all we should relieve adequately.
At the same time the stoppage of business in Boston was the cause of much distress which all the colonies sought to relieve by voluntary contributions of food and other needed articles.
Before the final catastrophe Sir Henry Clinton had sent a small force up the river to relieve him, but it was too late.
Perhaps you can relieve her trouble, whatever it is.
But it was not part of the physician's plan to interfere with any confidence that mightrelieve the patient's mind.
But in all, the love of country outweighed every other thought, and all looked less to his past deserts than to the dangers which his present conduct threatened; from which to relieve themselves they put him to death.
For while it was necessary for them to have a sufficient force at all points, it might happen that the forces at their disposal were not numerous enough to be everywhere at once, or to relieve one another.
A prudent Captain will do what he can to make it necessary for his own Soldiers to fight, and to relieve his Enemy from that necessity XIII.
Getting word of this, the Florentines sought to relieve Marradi, without weakening the army which lay round Pisa.
A prudent Captain will do what he can to make it necessary for his own Soldiers to fight, and to relieve his Enemy from that necessity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "relieve" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
