Examples of 'coming up for air' in a sentence

Meaning of "coming up for air"

Coming up for air is an idiom used to describe taking a break, pause, or respite from a demanding or exhausting activity. It originates from the act of a swimmer or diver surfacing to breathe after being underwater for a while. This phrase is commonly used to express the need to take a momentary break or regain composure amidst a busy or overwhelming situation

How to use "coming up for air" in a sentence

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coming up for air
Your colleague is not coming up for air.
They are coming up for air somewhere.
That was one stage of coming up for air.
This was me coming up for air after a period of darkness.
It is a quite candid track of desperately coming up for air.
I have to keep coming up for air too much.
Coming up for air gets guys like me knifed in my sleep.
I have to keep coming up for air.
Like coming up for air after holding my breath.
Those things will be coming up for air soon.
Just coming up for air if you know what I mean.
Archive for coming up for air.
Guerillas lived in these tunnels For years without ever coming up for air.
Without coming up for air.
Those guys can go for hours without coming up for air.

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Just coming up for air.
Unless you have got a shot of her coming up for air.
We are coming up for air.
Those Germans ai not never coming up for air.
Coming up for air at Vail.
Everything is coming up for air.
Coming up for Air After a Tsunami an anonymous testimonial.
Context of Coming up for air.
Just coming up for air after a few all-nighters at the station.
I was like being born, coming up for air.
Are you coming up for air any time soon?
Twila can not get it untied, coming up for air.
You dolphins coming up for air anytime soon?
All right, now swim across the water without coming up for air.
Those things will be coming up for air soon . Come on.
Coming Up For Air was released as a double-album with two volumes.
Does not look like she 's coming up for air anytime soon.
And i can only exist, Correct. well, a limited time before coming up for air.
She 's not coming up for air.
After a whirlwind of events, I am finally coming up for air.
He 's just coming up for air.
Hold his breath so long . I have to keep coming up for air.
It was like coming up for air after 10 years of being under water.
Apparently Fibonacci 's coming up for air again.
She wrote blog for us about her new project - Coming Up For Air.
Related, Coming up for air.
On Wylfa Head, you can see porpoises coming up for air.
She is not coming up for air for 17 hours.
It was like being born . Coming up for air.
And then you are here, and it 's like coming up for air.
Related, I am coming up for air.
And i can only exist, well, a limited time before coming up for air.
Where are they going? They are coming up for air somewhere?
Williams lasted 2 minutes and 29 seconds before coming up for air.
Where are they going? They're coming up for air somewhere.

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