He felt her begin to relax a loss for something she'd never even had?

For the first time in a while I began to really relax.

He sat down on the edge of the bed and began to relax.

For the first time in a long while he began to relax.

She even began to relax and let herself have fun.

But it was a state not natural to her, and she began to relax.

We talked of light things and she began to relax.

I could feel parts of my body begin to relax.

But as the summer passed and there was no word from him I began to relax.

It took even longer for him to begin to relax.