How to Use relieve of in a Sentence

relieve of

phrasal verb
Definition of relieve ofnext
  • Bucky asks to be relieved of that job and made a squadron commander again.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Allen was relieved of his duties after the team dropped to a paltry 2-7 start.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Frankly, both have made their cases to be relieved of their duties.
    — James Brizuela, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Future Mayo went 4-13 in his first season as a head coach and has now been relieved of his duties.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Judge Sam Myers ruled in favor of the defense and the jurors were relieved of their duty.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 18 July 2023
  • On that same day, Kiffin was relieved of his head coaching duties at USC.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • This summer the inevitable happened and he was relieved of the captaincy.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • So far, at least six deputies have been relieved of duty in connection with the case, as The Times reported last year.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But Vaughn, who was relieved of his head coaching duties on Monday, was by Thomas’ side from the beginning, through the highs and lows.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Burns was relieved of his duties in New England midway through the 2019 season.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
  • Those deputies — one of whom was Robles-Placencia — were relieved of duty that fall.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • He’s soon relieved of several pints of plasma and passage for this nobleman with the claw-like hands is booked.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The archdiocese said no and Gumbleton, who had been at St. Leo's since 1983, was relieved of all duties and retired.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The clerk’s office is the last of multiple public offices to be relieved of the supervision in the long-running case.
    — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
  • The deputy was hired in September 2022 and has been relieved of duty without pay while the criminal case is under way.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
  • Parents, in turn, will be relieved of some of the stress of having a misbehaving child around child-free passengers.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2023
  • When Evason was relieved of his duties on Monday, Minnesota sat seven points out of the second wild-card spot in the West.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Eritrea, long ostracized for its human rights record, has been relieved of a decades-old UN sanctions regime.
    — Zach Vertin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2019
  • Markets gain strength from periods of weakness as the bad and mediocre are relieved of a lot or a little of capital so that the good and great can attain more of it.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The frequent special gets roasted and relieved of its interior, some of which is pureed with coconut milk.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Failure to foresee these actions is enough to get Israeli generals and spies fired and relieved of command.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
  • That didn't work out well, and when relieved of the duty, Simmons was able to thrive on flying around and making plays without worrying about where to line up teammates.
    — Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Former Gulls coach Dallas Eakins was relieved of his duties after four seasons leading the Ducks.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
  • Baldwin was originally relieved of all charges in April 2023 due to evidence claiming the gun’s trigger did not need to be pulled.
    — Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Baldwin was originally relieved of all charges in April 2023 due to evidence claiming the gun’s trigger did not need to be pulled.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The law has been relieved of making companies accountable to their values, Levine adds, thanks to the rise of employee activism.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 21 June 2023
  • In response, Dakhil was relieved of her duties as co-chief the motion pictures department, though she was allowed to remain an agent.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • He has been relieved of all law enforcement duties without pay while the criminal case is under way.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
  • Jimbo Fisher was relieved of his head coaching duties after 10 games last season, and the Aggies finished with a 7-6 record.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2024
  • The State Police Trooper was relieved of duty and suspended without pay shortly after the Read trial.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2025

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