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Example sentences for: relieved

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The papers note that top presidential bodyguard Larry Cockell--pictured on the USAT , WP and NYT top fronts--was so distracted by the events that he accepted being temporarily relieved of his presidential duties until the matter is resolved.
While some criticized the intelligence community for failing to forecast the collapse of the Soviet Union (and used this argument to propose drastic cuts in intelligence agencies), most recognized that the good news of being relieved of the substantial burden of maintaining a security structure to meet the Soviet challenge was accompanied by the bad news of increased insecurity.
and she's relieved, by the way, that yours was a philosophical question, because upon reading the words "nasty, brutish, and short," she thought your letter was about her starter husband.
In so doing, they have vented the outrage against him and have relieved the pressure to convict him.
They report that the late Bette Davis relieved her frustrations during the shooting of the 1944 film Mr. Skeffington by romping in the proverbial hay with director Vincent Sherman.