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The phrase "a pause for breath" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a brief moment of rest or a break taken to catch one's breath, often in the context of speaking or physical activity.
Example: "After running up the hill, I took a pause for breath before continuing my jog."
Alternatives: "a moment to catch my breath" or "a brief respite."
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7.33pm: There's barely a pause for breath.
There's a sense among the trio of a pause for breath, a steadying before the business.
For some writers, the end of a chapter is little more than a pause for breath.
Unlike Woodward's players, Britain's cyclists have kept going, without a pause for breath.
Yet, if the drumbeat continues regardless, without a pause for breath, no wonder weariness takes over.
This is a hushed, respectful, gently moving interlude; a pause for breath amid the frantic festivities.
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He sometimes uses semicolons in the way Dickens did -- as brackets; and he is a hardened exponent of the pause-for-breath comma".
When I see a woman who's made her face a mask I say: 'I bet, I bet.'" A quick pause for breath.
After a brief pause for breath, Forbes agreed and updated its own rankings.
The volcanoes of the island began rising from the Atlantic twenty million years ago — a geological pause for breath.
There is no time for anyone in tennis to take a moment, pause for breath and admire the view after climbing to the top.
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