Sentence examples for draw a breath from inspiring English sources

"I scarcely had time to turn around or draw a breath," he said.

It was all I could do to draw a breath in and push it back out, over and over.

There are in fact moments between phrases when the music longs to draw a breath and luxuriate in its activities, but the pianist presses on.

When we see a character in contemporary fiction "bolt upright" or "draw a breath," we join in this silent game, picking up the subtle cues that telegraph a literary style.

Instead of approaching the footlights and "holding" the crowd, he gave the impression of having wandered into the theatre by mistake; he'd draw a breath and pull on his cigar, and then turn, puzzled, to his listeners.

He was a composer incapable of the casual or the relaxed, and the relentless emphasis to all these pieces strained high drama to its outer altitudes, stopping rarely if ever to draw a breath of repose.

Mr. Parker drew a breath.

He draws a breath.

And he draws a breath.

Finally, she draws a breath.

The researcher drew a breath.