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catching breath

VERB

take a short break

Synonyms

WEAK

breathe ease off mellow out recuperate relax rest sit down slow down stop for a breath take a break take ten wind down

Example Sentences

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With a catching breath Eleanor turned and threw her arm round the girl's neck.

From Eleanor by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Habermann, he----" "For heaven's sake!" cried the Frau Pastorin, catching breath again, in the gathering storm, and springing between them,--"don't any of you listen to Br�sig!

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz

The wrinkled note lay on the desk and he bent suddenly with a sharp catching breath and kissed it.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie

“I may not be pretty, but there’s nothing ludicrous about me that I know of,” said the poor child to herself, with catching breath.

From Sisters Three by Lloyd, Stanley

Meanwhile, like wrestlers who after a long chase are to seize each other by the bodies, they lay opposite each other, catching breath in their panting throats, and resting.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk