How to Use relieve in a Sentence

relieve

verb
  • What's the best way to relieve stress?
  • I took a pill to relieve my headache.
  • I've come to relieve the guard on duty.
  • She tried to relieve the tension by making a joke.
  • We need to find ways to relieve overcrowding in our schools.
  • I wish I could relieve your suffering.
  • Not even a shrub to relieve the eye.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Yarbrough said he was relieved to get help.
    — Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • He's relieved that the state now has it.
    — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Clark was shocked and relieved.
    — Autumn Barnes, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Rosa told me she was relieved there were no hot dogs for sale.
    — The Brooklyn Bridge, Curbed, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The drug is used to relieve pain and to reduce fever.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Alexa told me she was relieved by the outcome.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • We were relieved to have a cash reserve again.
    — Nicoletta Richardson, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
  • This will help relieve some of the pressure of the big event.
    — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Yolanda was relieved her son was still alive.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • So, the appeal is there for kids who want to relieve some stress.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Even last week's half-inch of rain did little to relieve them.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • Austin was relieved to find the clinic.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Friendship helps relieve a lot of that.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Less stress, more sleep Have a plan to relieve stress in healthy ways.
    — Brennan Barnard, Forbes, 4 July 2022
  • The birth of his now one-year-old daughter helped to relieve some of that pain.
    — Essence, 15 Oct. 2021
  • But what a sense of humor can do is relieve some of the tension.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The ban on food talk relieved them of being questioned or urged.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Some of it is due to a fear of needing to relieve themselves overnight.
    — Michael Perkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
  • Scared and frightened, the only way to relieve the pain is to sell.
    — CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Schreiber had come on to relieve Erceg and took the loss in relief.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
  • Most people around the Spurs are relieved.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Sims was also relieved to have her friends welcome her back with open arms.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Herzog wasn’t martyred for his art, and he should be relieved by that.
    — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024

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