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breather

noun as in rest

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We catch a breather late Tuesday into Wednesday before another storm approaches from the south.

As the trail ebbs away from the Connecticut River, leading me deeper into the snow-packed woods, I take a quick breather at the top of a small hill, and after a moment or two, I can actually hear my heart beating.

These barriers suggest containment and isolation, and also provide a breather from the profusion of pictures and items.

Right now I’m literally trying to make sure that my team is safe, make sure that the narrative around what’s going on with me is accurate, and take a little bit of a breather when I can.

With all the new iPhones officially out in the world, you might expect Apple to take a breather when it comes to announcing products until 2021.

The script attempted to recreate the hilarity from the original as Ferris decides that he needs to take another breather.

Pleased with the two versions of “San Quentin,” Cash took a breather while Carl Perkins entertained the crowd.

He wanted, he added a “fire-breather” to go against Michael Savage.

The writers definitely picked the wrong week to give Richard Harrow (Jack Huston) a breather.

It's a wonderful breather from the sequestration, Hagel hearings, Iran, taxes, Congress and the like.

Cracks at the ball anyhow, was the game for the twenty-five minutes breather before dinner.

Pour new oil in through either of the two breather pipes on exhaust side of motor.

Orlando says to Jaques: ‘I will chide no breather in the world, but myself, against whom I know most faults.’

The atmosphere may be poisonous for an oxygen breather, but taken by itself it's as harmless as weak beer.

Said he, 'O breather of music, tell me how I may lay hand on the flower of beauty to bear it forth.'

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to breather, such as: lull, respite, break, pause, and recess.

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

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