How to Use relieved in a Sentence

relieved

adjective

• He was greeted at the door by his much relieved mother.
• I was relieved to hear that you're feeling better.
• The two are relieved that the leak is not as bad as first feared.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2021
• At that point, I was relieved to take the Meta Quest Pro off.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2022
• We are relieved and grateful, but the job is not done yet.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2024
• Down in the reactor room, I am relieved to see the dog is safe!
  — Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• The music swells, the two turn to each other in stunned joy, and share a relieved kiss.
  — Caroline Framke, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022
• And the local artists are ready and relieved to greet new customers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021
• Morant missed his first three free throws of the game and had a relieved look on his face when making the fourth.
  — Damichael Cole, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
• At the end of the clip, Bentley's relieved owner arrives and picks up the pooch.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 10 June 2022
• Despite the pain, my face began to feel a bit relieved and stretched out.
  — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2019
• The fans released a cheer that was both joyous and relieved.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• When Weitzman made the team, he was thrilled and relieved and eager.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• Sanders sounded relieved to be back with his team this week.
  — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• Many are relieved to see order restored to the streets, even with an iron fist.
  — The Economist, 20 Mar. 2021
• And researchers are hugely relieved that the process has gone well.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2022
• He was relieved to find that his swing still felt good despite the downtime.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2021
• Galina walked away relieved that there were no worms in her head.
  — Maria Danilova, Harper's magazine, 28 Aug. 2019
• As the misery spreads, most of us are relieved to be watching the worst of it from the safety of our sofas.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2020
• The sergeant quickly found its master who collected the wet and relieved mutt in his arms from the side of the boat.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 12 May 2018
• Keep scrolling Very relieved this blind horse was saved from a Colorado canal.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
• The 36-year old Westfield mother was relieved to just get home.
  — Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2019
• Part of me is numb and the other part feels a little relieved that my mom won’t have the stress of taking care of him.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
• In many ways, Mr. Oliver is relieved to be out of the restaurant business.
  — Kim Severson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• Our friend was shivering in a pool of frozen urine, but seemed relieved.
  — Michael Pomerantz, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2021
• You could be forgiven for thinking that CEOs are a bit relieved by the events of 2023.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
• Kathryn is sad to be leaving her friends, her daughter told me, but relieved to not have to go to the courthouse.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2020
• The mermaids were happy and relieved to see Avila alive and well on the local news.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
• Both were incredibly relieved to watch gaggles of kids go nuts over all of it once more.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024
• And, most importantly in the wake of his ankle injury in that night’s division-clinching win, a relieved and grateful smile.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024