1) Now we can have a breathing spell.

2) In the breathing spell of the vacation he had taken, he had spent many hours in self-analysis, and thereby learned much of himself.

3) They attacked all along the line and gave the enemy no breathing spell.

4) We dealt a head - on blow to our enemies, never allowing them a breathing spell.

5) I hadn't played chess in ten years, but it didn't matter breathing spell I needed.

6) Avoid the tendency to schedule back - to - back appointments; allow time between appointments for a breathing spell.