breather

Example Sentences

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Into that hole she and Ms. Andrade will plunge—after, naturally, a sauna—and begin Ms. Andrade’s training as an endurance swimmer and endurance breather.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The first step is for me to kind of take a breather after the pace that I’ve been running for seven years,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Markets remained volatile, but Treasury traders took a breather with yields little changed across the curve.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like Vesga, many workers are looking to take a breather from their job or to scale back their high-stress career without quitting altogether.

From MarketWatch

Many workers are looking to take a breather from their job or to scale back their high-stress career without quitting altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal