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Discover LudwigThe phrase "catch a breath" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe taking a moment to relax and pause, usually after a period of intense activity. For example: "After the long hike up the mountain, we stopped for a few minutes to catch a breath."
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These include cold or clammy skin, bluish color of the lips, tongue, nail beds or inside of the cheek, flaring of nostrils, lifting of the shoulders when breathing, or being unable to talk without stopping to catch a breath.
Another chance to catch a breath...needed...needed
It causes the lungs to spasm, making it difficult for a person to catch a breath.
Between constant phone calls, texts and emails, the senior student hardly manages to catch a breath.
All vacations, all chances to catch a breath, happen in the cold.
"It coughed so much it couldn't catch a breath and turned blue.
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Every few seconds, weight in hand, Hamilton popped up to the surface, caught a breath, and descended, trailing bubbles.
Mr. Imus never caught a breath because he was in the middle of a 24-hour news cycle that kept him in the cross hairs.
So many things have been happening all at once that I feel like I haven't caught a breath in forever.
It's family time, hobby time, catch-a-breath-before-a-new-workweek time, according to the following unscientific survey.
I feel like I'm drowning in the ocean, like I'm unable to catch a break or catch my breath.
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