But the stresses of the last hour needed release and she had never been given to tears.

Like Huey, he has been "kidnapped by his own past" and needs release.

Beyond them were prisoners who needed release, but some were at present paralyzed by gas.

In other words, they needed release from stress, and occupational therapy.

There was something constricting in his chest, a pressure needing release.

This woman had merely been another of life's victims needing release.

She needed emotional release; her mind seemed far hungrier than her body.

"Is this where you come when you need sexual release?"

When he needed release he would buy it, and he did not often seek the same woman twice.

He needed release now, and he intended to get it.