I was relieved to hear that you're feeling better.
He was greeted at the door by his much relieved mother.
Recent Examples on the WebSmacked in the chest by a hockey puck, he’s swiftly ushered out of the rink, and seems essentially relieved not to be there anymore.—Catherine Bray, Variety, 19 May 2024 Many seemed relieved just to have made it through the vintage without experiencing total disaster.—Elin McCoy, Fortune Europe, 11 May 2024 Students were reunited with their relieved families and classes were canceled Thursday after police shot and killed an armed boy outside of a middle school in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin on Wednesday.—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024 Dodgers Hernández: For a ‘relieved’ Shohei Ohtani, first home run carries weight
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An exception?—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for relieved
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