breathing time

Mrs. Hale called her unfeeling for saying this; and never gave herself breathing-time till the basket was sent out of the house.

It will easily be understood that, amid such a concourse of vindictive enemies, no breathing time was allowed the fugitive.

Nor will bedrooms hermetically sealed from air during half of the breathing time, favor development of lung-capacity.

They made war very politely and saw to it that there was plenty of breathing time between cannon-shots.

Purchase-money is payable in ten years; that's a good breathing time for a beginner.