Breathing Room (Noun)
Meaning
Sufficient room for easy breathing or movement; "moved to the country to find breathing room".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- After a few years of living in the small apartment, they decided to move to a house in the suburbs to have some breathing room.
- The new office building had high ceilings and large windows that provided plenty of breathing room for the employees.
- She felt suffocated in the crowded elevator and was relieved when the doors finally opened, giving her some breathing room.
- The city's new public park was designed to provide citizens with a peaceful oasis and some breathing room from the hustle and bustle of urban life.
- The entrepreneur sold his successful business and took a year off to travel, giving himself some much-needed breathing room to reassess his priorities.