How to Use reprieve in a Sentence

reprieve

1 of 2 verb
Definition of reprievenext
Synonyms for reprievenext
  • He was sentenced to death but then reprieved.
  • The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year.
  • Hogan clearly has not done enough to reprieve for his ugly racist remarks in 2015.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Last August, a parole board declared that Pham, 37, posed no threat to public safety and granted him reprieve.
    — NBC News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • It’s Glossip’s fourth stay or reprieve, per his attorneys.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
  • After a rainy week, Bay Area residents can expect a brief — and chilly — reprieve over the weekend before rainfall sweeps through once again early next week.
    — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Prior to the recent closure, Yosemite’s longest shutdown — and reprieve for critters — was in 1997 when the park was off limits to the public for two months after winter flooding.
    — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2020
  • After more than 24 years on death row and three reprieves or stays of execution, Glossip is now facing his ninth execution date.
    — Brynn Gingras, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The hooker ended up hurting himself as a result of his bone-juddering hit on Artemyev but Samoa was again reprieved as Matu'u was also only shown a yellow.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 24 Sep. 2019
  • For our part, this trip is about fulfilling the European-lifestyle fantasies we’ve long been beguiled by, but also giving ourselves rest and reprieve after the ongoing challenges of the past few years.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Owning their homes and reaping the benefit of low mortgage payments afforded people like Holt stability and reprieve.
    — Eileen Markey, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The Constitution gives the president the power to pardon and reprieve except in cases of impeachment, and some legal scholars say that wording proscribes Congress placing other limits.
    — Erik Wasson, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2020
  • Reprieved from collapse, the Ottoman Empire’s government pursued radical reforms.
    — The Economist, 13 July 2017
  • And many murderers have been reprieved because they were condemned for the wrong murder, quite probably just as many as have been executed for the only murder they did not in fact commit.
    — Christopher Hitchens, Nation, 14 May 2001
  • Tyner, luckily, was reprieved; such stories aren’t foreign to the longtime Philadelphia radio personality.
    — Brandon T. Harden, Philly.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • In a postscript to the very same letter, he added, 'If he must die, it were charity to reprieve him till Saturday.' If there had been any doubt of his fate, this weakness and meanness would have settled it. The very next day, which was the twelfth of May, he was brought out to be beheaded on Tower Hill.
    — Charles Dickens, A Child's History of England, 1854
  • He was sentenced to death but then reprieved.
  • The library has been reprieved and will remain open for at least another year.
  • Hogan clearly has not done enough to reprieve for his ugly racist remarks in 2015.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Last August, a parole board declared that Pham, 37, posed no threat to public safety and granted him reprieve.
    — NBC News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • It’s Glossip’s fourth stay or reprieve, per his attorneys.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
  • After a rainy week, Bay Area residents can expect a brief — and chilly — reprieve over the weekend before rainfall sweeps through once again early next week.
    — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Prior to the recent closure, Yosemite’s longest shutdown — and reprieve for critters — was in 1997 when the park was off limits to the public for two months after winter flooding.
    — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2020
  • After more than 24 years on death row and three reprieves or stays of execution, Glossip is now facing his ninth execution date.
    — Brynn Gingras, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The hooker ended up hurting himself as a result of his bone-juddering hit on Artemyev but Samoa was again reprieved as Matu'u was also only shown a yellow.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 24 Sep. 2019
  • For our part, this trip is about fulfilling the European-lifestyle fantasies we’ve long been beguiled by, but also giving ourselves rest and reprieve after the ongoing challenges of the past few years.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Owning their homes and reaping the benefit of low mortgage payments afforded people like Holt stability and reprieve.
    — Eileen Markey, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The Constitution gives the president the power to pardon and reprieve except in cases of impeachment, and some legal scholars say that wording proscribes Congress placing other limits.
    — Erik Wasson, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2020
  • Reprieved from collapse, the Ottoman Empire’s government pursued radical reforms.
    — The Economist, 13 July 2017
  • And many murderers have been reprieved because they were condemned for the wrong murder, quite probably just as many as have been executed for the only murder they did not in fact commit.
    — Christopher Hitchens, Nation, 14 May 2001
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reprieve

2 of 2 noun
  • This warm spell has given us a reprieve from the winter cold.
  • They wanted to close the library, but we managed to get a reprieve for it.
  • This was the worst of it, when there was no hope of reprieve.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • In a dark room in the middle of Hong Kong, there's a new reprieve from the bustling city.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Some victims get a reprieve from the abuse when the spouse is at work, or out of the home.
    — Fox News, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The moves seem to have bought Glencore a reprieve in the country.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • The outcome ends, for now, the threat of a shutdown, but the reprieve may be short-lived.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Trump, meanwhile, had long kept the door open to a reprieve.
    — Dallas News, 11 July 2020
  • With no sign of a reprieve in 2022, watch your back and stay safe out there.
    — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The Astros got a reprieve with a huge Twins fielding gaffe in the ninth.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2020
  • But the reprieve may be short-lived for other parts of the country.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2019
  • February brings a reprieve from the pressures that come with the start of the year.
    — Dani Blum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The reprieve came when Milroe had time to do one or the other.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • There was some reprieve this week, though, for many in Ukraine.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 June 2022
  • Use the plantains as a palate reprieve or stack the fish on top (don’t forget the ají).
    — Isa Zapata, Bon Appétit, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The board chose to ask for a reprieve, according to a release from the board.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN, 18 Nov. 2019
  • However, the shift does not mean the country faces a reprieve from the war.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2022
  • But at least Louisville's season will start on time, thanks to the late reprieve.
    — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Gab got a reprieve when the Gab user behind the posts agreed to take them down.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2018
  • That has pushed many would-be buyers back to the sidelines after a brief reprieve at the start of the year.
    — Gina Heeb, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For the past three years, the globe has been locked in a La Niña trend, which has offered something of a reprieve.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 4 May 2023
  • Dreams of a Life offers no reprieve to those looking to avoid the fate that Joyce met.
    — Hazlitt, 3 May 2023
  • How long will the benefits of the roadkill reprieve linger?
    — Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 6 July 2020
  • In some ways, the holiday will serve as a reprieve for the single dad.
    — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Granted a reprieve, maybe the United States would have gone on to win that game in the round of 16, the tournament, the crown.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • There was a brief reprieve when Binance agreed to buy FTX, but that deal fell apart.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • With summer winding down, the streams are cooling, and that may grant the fish a reprieve.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The evening getaway was a welcome reprieve from the late-summer heat.
    — Katie Mettler, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • What both teams hope for is a long enough reprieve to finish the season.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 21 Nov. 2020
  • The wildfire season's fast start has been met with a brief reprieve.
    — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 14 May 2018

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