How to Use take a breath in a Sentence

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  • So the next time Mr. Market throws a chair, take a breath.
    — Steve Booren, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
  • From here, the movie only stops once or twice to take a breath.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • But this is no time to pause, take a breath and reflect.
    — Guy Courtin, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Blandin asked her mother to take a breath and start again.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • In one scene, her husband slaps her and tells her to take a breath.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2022
  • If any of these sound like you, just take a breath and try to take it one day at a time.
    — Women's Health, 8 May 2023
  • Let Go to Scale For all you entrepreneurs who still can’t let go of the reins—take a breath.
    — Damon Stafford, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • This just scratches the surface, but take a breath with me here.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 14 July 2023
  • Every time you get caught in the stress of the moment, step back, take a breath and chill in that sweet spot.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • To do it, take a breath, close your mouth, pinch your nose, and gently blow out your nose.
    — Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
  • If the past few years have seemed like a whirlwind without a break, take a breath now.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • There was a moment in the early 2000s when Ben Gibbard seemed to take a breath.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The calf swam up in the background, just as Iliya was preparing to head back to the surface to take a breath.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • To take a breath, the turtle stretches its neck up to the water’s surface to take a gulp of air.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • No matter what the Chargers tried to do, Herbert rarely had the chance to take a breath and make a calm, easy throw.
    — Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Before Jacob can take a breath, though, Clyde gets a bead on him.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • This summer feels like the first time in years that schools and parents have had the ability to step back and take a breath.
    — Mike McShane, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Everyone stepped up, not let the moment get to them, just kind of relax, take a breath and said.
    — oregonlive, 8 June 2023
  • The former athlete also refused to take a breath and blood test.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
  • What ends up happening is your mouth and your whole body gets used to saying the words and learns things, like where to take a breath.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
  • And maybe take a breath before reading too much into the strong showing from the staff against the Marlins.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Comments Parents of toddlers rarely have a moment to sit down and take a breath.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Here’s a look at what is trending up and down as the Hoosiers get time to take a breath just after the Big Ten season’s midpoint.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2022
  • So the first rule of figuring out the new food waste rules is to take a breath and realize these programs are a work in progress.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Martin Hoffmann can finally take a breath.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Today is the perfect day to take a breath and relax.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • So take a breath, steady your course, and prepare to discover the Starfleet leader who's been hiding in you all along.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Since being taken out of the firing line in the switch to a five-man defence, Aaronson has had time to take a breath.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But anxious analysts should take a breath.
    — Rebeccah Heinrichs, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Tate McRae is ready to take a breath.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 4 Dec. 2025

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