Breath and Lull

Breath

Breath noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

Usage example: let's all take a breath before continuing this discussion

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Lull and breath are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lull" instead a noun "Breath".

Lull noun - A momentary halt in an activity.

Usage example: we took the opportunity of a lull in the conversation to announce that we were engaged to be married

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Breath and lull are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breath" instead a noun "Lull".

Nearby Words: lulled, lulling

long	long breath	long lull
next	next breath	next lull

Lull Destruction: Popeye tends to mutter to himself under his breath when he's just ambling along without much of a goal in mind.

Source: Comic Strip / Popeye
Consider that a vampire who can lull victims to sleep, feed by harmlessly "drinking" a victims breath, or magically seduce them into willingly giving blood, are a lot less likely to need to use violence on these people.

Source: Sliding Scale of Vampire Friendliness

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