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206 examples of Relieve in a sentence

I gave her medications to relieve the strain on her heart.
And they have to do that even if the net blocks the breeze, even if they might have to get up in the middle of the night and relieve themselves, even if they might have to move all their furnishings to put this thing up, even if, you know, they might live in a round hut in which it's difficult to string up a square net.
How do you unlearn the learned paralysis, so you can relieve him of this excruciating, clenching spasm of the phantom arm?
Maybe you can relieve the phantom pain, the phantom cramp.
Maybe, after a period of practice, you can dispense with the mirror, unlearn the paralysis, and start moving your paralyzed arm, and then, relieve yourself of pain."
And antipsychotic drugs relieve symptoms of schizophrenia by blocking the same serotonin receptors LSD and psilocybin bind to.
And, in some cases, these drugs can even relieve the hallucinations of patients with Charles Bonnet Syndrome.
These other vital contributions that extend life and relieve suffering are, of course, critical, and fantastic, but they're part of the continuum of our overall knowledge and technology, like the Internet.
Early on in our marriage, Donald had a stuffy nose and he had been taking a slew of medications to try to relieve his stuffy nose, to no avail.
But on the other hand, hearing that an advisor or mentor has experienced feelings of imposterism can help relieve those feelings.
It's his responsibility to bring it up, because if he thinks about it, he can relieve Heather from the obsession, and from having to make sure that the affair isn't forgotten, and that in itself begins to restore trust.
As its name suggests, obsessive compulsive disorder has two aspects: the intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses, known as obsessions, and the behavioral compulsions people engage in to relieve the anxiety the obsessions cause.
Most advertising, from beauty products that promise to relieve our physical insecurities to cars that make us feel powerful, relies on pathos.
Coaster engineers play these competing forces against each other, to relieve periods of intense pressure with periods of no pressure at all.
Sharpening their claws on nearby surfaces kept them conditioned and ready, helped stretch their back and leg muscles, and relieve some stress, too.
We also know that technology, entertainment and design can be used to relieve misery.
"Who are we?", but be really forever denied an answer and left in a state of existential tension which we seek to relieve in various ways, and one of these, the most effective for me is laughter.
I gave when I was cornered, when it was difficult to avoid and I gave, in general, when the negative emotions built up enough that I gave to relieve my own suffering, not someone else's.
Poor Martha Raye was relegated to a role where she did nothing but relieve her bowel over and over in the Concorde's bathroom.
The strippers in the club kept their underwear on so there wasn't even a bit of nudity to relieve the boredom.
It t does not really focus so much on Operation Smile or similar organizations like The Smile Train and their Herculean efforts to relieve the suffering of children born with facial deformities in third world countries.
These two factors are far less than what is needed to relieve the prevailing tedium, however.
Especially jaw-dropping is the scene where the heroine, after enduring a break-in and the attempted murder of her mother by her seemingly ubiquitous stalker, decides to relieve the stress by going shopping!
Along the way, they stop at a grimy lavatory so the young lady can relieve herself, but when she returns - she finds that her boyfriend and his car are gone.
This movie is recommended only for insomniacs: it will relieve them by putting them to sleep.
Yes its a great idea to relieve media of influence, but how do we know the kids that have actually planned and executed a school shooting werent influenced by media?
There is a streak of sexual perversion; however, which I found somewhat appalling with the idea that torturing women was quite alright and healthy in order to relieve one of his mental demons.
A few daylight location shots, for example, would have helped relieve the succession of dreary studio sets.
The original Phantasm used humor to relieve its relentless focus on death.
The film contains quite a bit of humor which helps relieve some of the intensity involved with all the murders being committed.
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