feeling of relief

collocation in English

meaningsoffeelingandrelief

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feeling
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
us
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/
the fact of feeling ...
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relief
noun
uk
/rɪˈliːf/
us
/rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or ...
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(Definition offeelingandrelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffeeling of relief

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The tremendousfeelingofreliefand renewed energy certainly helped to make this a celebratory piece.
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Afeelingofreliefwent all through the country.
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Most patients said that the engagement in the visual expression of a negative state of mind led naturally to afeelingofrelief.
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I do not begrudge it thefeelingofreliefthat it may have today.
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There was afeelingofreliefand of hope, and it was mid-summer.
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There will be a feeling of elation, afeelingofrelief.
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At least we now have afeelingofreliefthat it has finally appeared.
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Thatfeelingofreliefhas been produced, and we have to encourage it.
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Having imposed no increases in taxation, it has created afeelingofreliefamong people that things are not worse.
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On the whole, many of us rather have afeelingofreliefthat it has happened as it has.
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It seemed that somefeelingofreliefand some air of abandon had come into his speech.
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In many respects, thatfeelingofreliefwas short-lived, and will be until the position is clarified further.
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I am well aware of thisfeelingofreliefthat we all have that at least there is one good side to these regulations.
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Those of us who remember the wretched business of last year look back with afeelingofreliefnow that the decisions have been taken.
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That was the real feeling expressed by the vast majority of people; it was afeelingofreliefamongst the working classes.
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One is that thatfeelingofreliefand thankfulness, which everyone knows has been so conspicuous, goes far beyond the reach of any party.
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Afeelingofreliefflashed over me as quick as an electric shock.
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I hope that he will take the opportunity to make an intervention which will give thatfeelingofreliefto the anxiety felt by many of those concerned.
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Often, it is a way of dealing with the obsessive part of the disorder, resulting in afeelingofrelief.
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Nevertheless, the government announcement brought afeelingofreliefto a great many victims and their families.
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I think perhaps there will be a generalfeelingofreliefthat his proposals are not worse than they are, and that he is letting the country off so easily.
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For some self-harmers this relief is primarily psychological while for others thisfeelingofreliefcomes from the beta endorphins released in the brain.
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This type of gratification can be a reward for the participant in releasing the tension carried by the cause of the mood and afeelingofrelief.
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The kshetra also holds lord shiva, lord ganapathi, lord nagaraja in its spiritual environment which provides greatfeelingofrelieffrom our problems we wan na face in our life.
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