breather
noun
breath·er
ˈbrē-t͟hər 
Examples of breather in a Sentence
He decided to give them a breather.
took a breather from the seemingly endless task of sorting through years of stuff stored in the attic
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Tony Peterson, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Things move fast and furious with little room to take a breather to soak in one thing before being forced to move onto the next.
—Essence, 9 Dec. 2025
The melodies are subtly beefier, and the whirlwind flights of technical death-metal wizardry get breathers.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Remove yourself from the stressful situation for a breather to reset.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 26 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for breather
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“Breather.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breather. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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breather
noun
breath·er
ˈbrē-t͟hər
1
: one that breathes
2
: a pause for rest : break
Medical Definition
breather
noun
breath·er
ˈbrē-t͟hər
: one that breathes usually in a specified way see mouth breather
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