Sentence example with the word 'reprieve'

reprieve

absolution, cleansing, discharge, forbearance, halt, intermit, mitigation, purge away, remission, shrift, suspend

Definition n. a

Last update: December 4, 2016


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The prisoner was given a last minute reprieve.   [noun]

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Reprieve a condemned prisoner. .   [Please select]

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Amidst our protests, 3 centers gained a reprieve of a month 's consultation.   [Please select]

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After finishing bottom of the table, Scarborough earned a brief reprieve when Altrincham were docked 18 points for fielding an ineligible player.   [Please select]

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[Illustration: The Rescue of Sir Arthur and Miss Wardour] The sense of reprieve from approaching and apparently inevitable death, had its usual effect.   [Please select]

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From early in the evening until nearly midnight, little groups of two and three presented themselves at the lodge-gate, and inquired, with anxious faces, whether any reprieve had been received.   [Please select]

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But the colonel had a short reprieve.   [Please select]

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Through the troubles that had overtaken Carver House, Kaiser Bill had gained a temporary reprieve.   [Please select]

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In both instances President Washington granted first a reprieve, then a pardon.   [Please select]

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He was the express rider with the reprieve; but he came too late.   [Please select]

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