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