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
  • Judge Sam Myers ruled in favor of the defense and the jurors were relieved of their duty.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 18 July 2023
  • This summer the inevitable happened and he was relieved of the captaincy.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 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.
    — Vulture, 19 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
  • Alaska Airlines said Tuesday that Emerson had been relieved of all duties.
    — Claire Rush, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The Sheriff’s Department said afterward that Lopez had been relieved of duty.
    — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Paulson resigned, and both the team’s president of soccer and president of business were relieved of their duties.
    — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 17 July 2023
  • Green was relieved of his duties and resigned Dec. 27, according to city officials.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • He was relieved of duty from the Orange County Sheriff’s office without pay as the criminal case proceeds.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • These purges have also called the military’s strength into question—in in the last two months, as many as half of the army’s general officers have been arrested or relieved of duty.
    — Ryan Gingeras, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2016
  • On the other side of the yard, Lance’s nieces had been relieved of their serving duties and were now performing ballet on the back porch, pliéing and pirouetting beside the barbecue while Gretta and the other church ladies clapped.
    — Aryn Kyle, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Their head coach, Brandon Staley, was fired in December, but Moore hasn’t officially been relieved of his duties.
    — Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
  • On Friday, the department said he is currently relieved of duty, but would not say why, citing privacy laws.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Last fall, however, he was temporarily relieved of his position amid a spat with the military brass.
    — Adam Pemble, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2023

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