Examples of 'relieve' in a sentence

Meaning of "relieve"

To relieve means to alleviate or reduce someone's pain or discomfort. It can also mean to lessen one's stress or burden
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  • To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
  • To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
  • To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
  • To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).

How to use "relieve" in a sentence

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Do not force me to relieve you of your duties.
Relieve them of their burdens and yours.
They will relieve her of her duty.
Relieve pressure before disconnecting hydraulic lines.
Steam baths help relieve the congestion.
Helps relieve symptoms associated with menopause.
I would be happy to relieve you of it right now.
To relieve my muscle pain from the dancing.
Even that does not relieve me of this torment.
Relieve our collector of his moral conflict.
It will help relieve some of the stress.
Relieve all pressure from the air.
You will never relieve me of that burden.
Relieve me of all my sins and deliver me of temptation.
Loosen cap slowly to relieve pressure in tank.

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Only to relieve your heart by speaking to a friend.
Use cold compresses to relieve pain or swelling.
Let me relieve you on that score at least.
I have been asked to relieve the duty nurse.
They relieve you more than him.
This will help relieve the pain.
They relieve pain with extreme cold.
Otherwise you will relieve the audience.
We must relieve the refugees of their suffering.
I felt he could truly relieve human sufferings.
We can relieve his anxiety through socialisation.
All we need to do is to relieve them of that burden.
Go relieve him for the second verse.
One of us will relieve him every hour.
Relieve the air pressure in the system.
Was entitled only to relieve in the leniency process.
To relieve the pain caused by their sins.
Do not force me to relieve you of duty as well.
Send someone back in a couple hours to relieve me.
I hereby relieve you of your driving duties.
Trigger gun into pail to relieve pressure.
I will relieve that pain for you.
Anything you can do to relieve the pressure.
He made me relieve myself of all that was in my bowels.
It was conventionally used at that time to relieve depression.
Now go and relieve the day shift.
Open drinking water faucet to relieve pressure.
Nobody can relieve us of our historic responsibility.
Speak to us that we may relieve your burden.
We will relieve you of some of the burden.
Call me when you relieve the watch.
Aims to relieve pain and improve function.
Normally there are holes to relieve the pressure.
I hereby relieve myself of all captain duties.
I will try to spare somebody to relieve you.

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