But summer does offer respite, at least for the transit police.

What I've given him will offer respite from his cough.

Still, the festival does offer respite from Germany's past and present.

The pretty town of Naples had offered a small respite to the long seven hour drive.

Plenty of places offer respite from the season's chill for an hour, an afternoon or more.

They offer a respite for people who work the entire year .

The goal, organizers say, was to offer a respite, however brief.

For most others, the storm offered a respite from the standard Monday morning fever.

However, this offered the Dutch a respite from his relentless pressure that they soon put to good use.

Nonetheless it provided a representative look at how members of Congress spend their days, which frequently offer little respite.