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breathing spell

noun as in breathing space

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noun as in moratorium

noun as in time-out

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Example Sentences

Even the short stop had allowed their horses a breathing spell and they could now ride more leisurely.

So he pounded away till the dinner-bell Gave him a little breathing spell.

The Peace of Amiens gives Europe a breathing spell—for no one believes that this peace will last forever.

"Might as well get off and give the horses a breathing spell, Bart," he said.

Besides, we all want her, and the child must need a breathing-spell after trying so long to tame those wild Arabs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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