NOUN
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sufficient room for easy breathing or movement
moved to the country to find breathing room - a short respite
How To Use breathing space In A Sentence
- This creates a breathing space between inner clothes and the waterproof outer skin; important when only thermals are being worn underneath.
- The genius part is that height and rebound are fully adjustable courtesy of handgrips, you don't need tools to give the tortured undercarriage some breathing space on the road.
- The court's decision gave us some breathing space.
- The extension of the deadline gives us a breathing space.
- Cork now has a month's breathing space to consider how best to distribute the companies' funds to creditors.
- Financial experts say that the waiver has given banks too much breathing space. Times, Sunday Times
- First, he's trying to negotiate a year-long ceasefire with the rejectionist groups to gain breathing space. Globe and Mail
- We can find a wonderful breathing space. Times, Sunday Times
- This holiday will give me a bit of breathing space before I start my new job.
- By holding off on both at least until next year, Clerides has created some diplomatic breathing space.