Reliefs
[ri'li:fs]
Examples
- Still, the more numerous and violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort--they are reliefs of pain. Plato. The Republic.
- The walls were faced with bas-reliefs representing scenes in his life done in massive silver. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The characteristic art of the period consists of deep reliefs done upon bone and line engraving upon bone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In addition it has one thousand five hundred bas-reliefs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Spain was too far off for periodic reliefs, and the war demanded a more thorough training than was possible with these on and off soldiers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Guthrie