catch one's breath
Example Sentences
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No breaks, barely time to catch one’s breath.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2023
The sculpture symbolises the emergence from the pandemic and a moment to catch one's breath.
From BBC • May 24, 2022
Her film plunges viewers into this hothouse atmosphere so fully that it is hard to catch one's breath.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021
A stroll through sculpture the garden never failed to let one catch one’s breath and lower the blood pressure.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2020
He ended by repeating that it was wonderful to find oneself “way out here” where one could, as it were, catch one's breath.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
