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
Now you might have thought I would have wanted some breathing time between Platonovs, or whatever they call themselves.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2016
As soon as she has a little more breathing time she is sure to write, but she fears she will never be able to cross the Atlantic.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
