How to Use take a breath in a Sentence

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Why not close your eyes, take a breath, and be transported to your favorite places around the globe with scents that capture their essence?
  — Shivani Vora, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Her advice to anyone reading the study and feeling called out by the results is to take a breath and go within.
  — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
• In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
• The woman refused to take a breath test and had her license suspended.
  — cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
• Two, there are a lot of things to figure out, so a break now allows everyone to take a breath and get those things in order.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
• Or maybe take a breath, and ask yourself could this possibly be real?
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024
• There’s no chance for anyone — players, fans or coaches — to take a breath, focus and enjoy one event because the next one is about to start.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
• Grant also refused to take a breath test after his arrest, and his license was revoked for a year.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
• Grant also refused to take a breath test after his arrest, and his license was revoked for a year.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
• Hopefully, one of these will inspire them to take a breath and relax—whatever that looks like.
  — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 23 Nov. 2024
• Meanwhile, Bittner is always trying to get her clients to take a breath of fresh air—many of them come from the tech industry, after all.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• The current conditions, and questions over the unknown, has strategists at Charles Schwab calling for the Fed to take a breath next month and wait to see how things unfold.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024