breathing time
Example Sentences
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Knoblauch employed some late gamesmanship after the goal, putting Skinner in net to get his players a few extra seconds of breathing time.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024
Last week the U.K. government extended the deadline for forming a new government by a year in an attempt to buy breathing time to find a solution.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
We thought, that gives us some breathing time, to chill.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2020
Kirby and McGrigor have developed a pet phrase for skaters who build in obvious breathing time during their routines: “He’s pulling off the highway into the rest area, driving past the picnic table.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2010
Before the siege ended, Abercromby had been beaten back from Ticonderoga, and breathing time had been given to the defenders of Canada.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood
