Another deep breath steadied her.

A few slow breaths steadied him.

Finally Denver's breath steadied against the threat of an unbearable loss.

A deep breath steadied her, reminded her that she had run close to death's door for most of her adult life.

His eyes closed, his breath shuddered and steadied, his face became his, and he slept.

Deep breaths steadied him as he concentrated on the beginnings of a spell.

She took a deeper breath and her voice steadied.

She waited several more minutes to be sure her breath had steadied before she ventured out onto the balcony itself.

Tommy's breath steadied, and her tears cut off like dive doors closing against the inrush of sea.

For a long moment she leaned against the parapet until her breath steadied, but she was staring down at the patterns now revealed below her.