Examples of relieved in a Sentence
I was relieved to hear that you're feeling better.
He was greeted at the door by his much relieved mother.
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Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, emerged from the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, in lower Manhattan, on Tuesday looking sheepish and relieved.
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
The 55-year-old music mogul appeared relieved and overjoyed, shaking his attorneys’ hands, facing his family and starting a round of applause.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 July 2025
Thanks to the mail carrier's doorbell ring, Felix reunites with his relieved owner and is let back inside.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 26 June 2025
As hoped, she was intensely relieved to be free from the distressing withdrawal symptoms – restless legs, anxiety, bone pain, nausea and chills – and from the guilt, shame and hardship of living with addiction.
—Lucinda Grande, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
The 55-year-old music mogul appeared relieved and overjoyed, shaking his attorneys’ hands, facing his family and starting a round of applause.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 July 2025
Thanks to the mail carrier's doorbell ring, Felix reunites with his relieved owner and is let back inside.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 26 June 2025
As hoped, she was intensely relieved to be free from the distressing withdrawal symptoms – restless legs, anxiety, bone pain, nausea and chills – and from the guilt, shame and hardship of living with addiction.
—Lucinda Grande, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for relieved
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“Relieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relieved. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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