Relieving

Examples

• No nurse fit to wait on her being at hand in the neighbourhood, her ladyship the Countess and myself undertook the duty, relieving each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Relieving him of his trappings, which I flung down beside him, we left the poor fellow to his fate, and pushed on with the one thoat as best we could. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• In some cases, by relieving pain, they give the system the rest necessary for overcoming the cause of the pain. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Sloppy they left behind, relieving his overcharged breast with a paroxysm of mangling. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The man-servant came hastening to the door, and there he was, relieving Gudrun of her umbrella, and then of her raincoat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Then they defeated a great relieving army from Mosul. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He issued an order relieving Warren and assigning Griffin to the command of the 5th corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I know a better way of relieving my mind than that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In the midst of this clamour and distress, a new bank was established in Scotland, for the express purpose of relieving the distress of the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This machine is said to be the final step in relieving bookkeeping of its drudgery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Joseph Emanuel had arrived, as well as his austere brother, and at this very moment was relieving Ginevra at the piano. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He returned home, full of mingled feelings, of pain excited by Evadne's wretchedness, and pleasure at the prospect of relieving it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then a relieving thought came to her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I am the Relieving Officer appointed by eternal ordinance to do my work; I am not held in estimation according as I shirk it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The following preparation is one of the best for relieving toothache until a dentist can be consulted: =Toothache Drops. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• As a universal liniment for both internal and external use this is without an equal for relieving pain. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• And they made it a special verdict, I think,' said the undertaker, 'by adding some words to the effect, that if the relieving officer had--' 'Tush! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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