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288 examples of Relieved in a sentence

It is an unintentionally hilarious piece of overstated Cold War Propaganda relieved only by the leering glances of John Wayne at 23 yr.
I was so relieved when he made it back home safely and married her.
I cannot say that it is the best of all possible adaptations; a tacked-on sub-plot (involving a romance with an amorous quartermaster) helps the exposition but dilutes the icy cynicism of the basic story, the missionary and his wife are clumsy caricatures of hellfire and brimstone puritanism, while Joan Crawford's "low-class" accent is more irritating than it is believable -- one is relieved when she forgets to use it.
Then they feel relieved because someone else assumes the crime they have committed till they feel guilty again and reveal their own doing in the crime.
I was so relieved when he started crying and the people noticed!
Dark turns of plot are relieved by fascinating psycho-sexual revelations, and the whole effect is one of uplift as disaster is averted through enlightenment and personal sacrifice.
Zhang Ke has a talent to make you feel relieved or even elated while showing reality at its most bleak.
When Popaul visits her, she discovers that he still has the lighter and she feels relieved.
When it's over, you don't feel like you learned anything, you don't feel like you enjoyed it, you don't feel relieved when it's over.
I immediately checked this brilliant website out to see if there had been any comments posted, and was so relieved to see so many others shocked, dismayed, depressed and utterly gobsmacked at the appalling plot and well known actors performances.
I admit, I was at the edge of my seat during the pursuit, and very pleased (and relieved) when Richard Benjamin's character, which to me had the appearance of an attention-deficient 10-year-old with a mustache, showed that he indeed owned intellect.
The regime is sexually repressive yet one finds sexual tension relieved at every turn.
Christian is relieved, as he's having a miserable time stalking seedy nightclubs with Nina for (mostly female) victims to take home for kinky sex and a quick meal.
But while many EU leaders were relieved to see Macron elected, it is often because they hope he will give a new lease on life to the old project, rather than a radical break with the past.
While Americans are relieved by France’s display of determination, they cannot refrain from expressing a sense of bemusement: Do the French really know what they are up against?
The public should be relieved if the ECB raises rates, because this would most likely signal that the long-awaited economic recovery is well under way, and that inflationary repercussions are being addressed.
Not surprisingly, reactions to its formation were subdued, with the public and political insiders alike mostly just relieved to have the long ordeal behind them.
Japan’s hardline Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is probably relieved that the summit has been called off.
Everyone else is relieved.
Many observers are relieved that Russia no longer needs external aid to support groups and activities that previously relied on it.
In any case, America’s allies should feel relieved by how the presidential election is shaping up.
In late 2010, I was relieved – somewhat – when a key Chinese leader, State Councilor Dai Bingguo, announced that China would adhere to the path of peaceful development.
The zealots still hope for a total rupture with Europe eventually, but seem relieved about postponing the day of reckoning until the end of May’s “status quo transition” in December 2020.
First, the industrial enterprises must be relieved of their heavy debt burden.
As for the threat from the right, anyone hoping for peace in the region and reduced tensions within India between religious communities is relieved by the defeat of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
On the other hand, Israel was rewarded twice: by receiving US assurances of significant Palestinian concessions, and by being relieved from paying a price in return for these concessions.
Aside from forcing Palestinian concessions on borders and refugees, the US also relieved Israel of the need to negotiate with the Palestinians until they change their leadership.
If you relieved the excess demand for financial assets, you also cured the excess supply of goods and services (the shortfall of aggregate demand) and the excess supply of labor (mass unemployment).
It will have relieved a shortage of longer-term assets by creating a shortage of high-quality assets, and so be in a worse position than it was before.
To be sure, the King and his courtiers are much relieved that the Arab Spring did not lead to the creation of functioning democracies in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, or Syria.
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