How to Use our time in a Sentence

our time

noun
  • Clicks and likes are not what will be inscribed on our gravestone when our time is done.
    Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
  • This is why my husband, Rand, calls school choice the civil rights issue of our time.
    Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Yet as our time testing it in and around Austin, Tex., showed, that output figure shouldn’t be taken at face value.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Apple cofounder Steve Jobs was known for his risk-taking that helped lead to some of the biggest innovations of our time, including Apple’s iPhone.
    Holly Corbett, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • And The Weeknd is the greatest pop star of our time, in my opinion.
    Billboard Italy, Billboard, 22 May 2024
  • The Death Eaters claimed we have been made to live in secret and now is our time.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Without a doubt, the full eclipse in the U.S. in 2017 was one of the most remarkable of our time.
    Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Look at the state of the world since the beginning of our time here, and it’s never stopped.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • Based on our time with it, Ring is up to the challenge with its new Car Cam.
    Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The app is built on the back of the defining social-media empire of our time.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 13 July 2023
  • This is our time to check in with each other and get our blood flowing.
    Alix Strauss, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • During our time in Idaho, our meal at The Avery’s Brasserie was the best of our trip.
    Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • It has since been described as one of the most historic images of our time.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
  • It was broadcast all around the world and became one of the iconic photos of our time.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • One of the most creative, original artists of our time.
    Garret K. Woodward, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Whether the media of our time are meeting that need is an open and aching question.
    Ron Elving, NPR, 15 June 2024
  • This is, of course, the strongest genius of our time and a specialist.
    Michael Lee, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Dolly Parton is a true icon and one of the greatest voices of our time.
    Lauren Matthews, Country Living, 30 July 2023
  • And though Guts‘ pace is great so far, will people regard it as one of the greatest pop projects of our time?
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Amanda Seyfried may be one of the biggest and most glamorous actors of our time.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2023
  • When Miss Evan was 4 months old, we’d been told our time together would be short.
    Lindzi Scharf, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
  • The cause of restoring the sanctity of life to the center of American law is the calling of our time.
    CBS News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • And so a lot of our time spent off the baseball field and outside of school would be watching films, quoting films.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Vacations and date nights, our time alone, is few and far between.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The tension between these two is ripe with discord, and Jann, the go-for-your-dream hero, is very much a figure of our time.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The reality is that almost all of our time is spent anchored just off of land.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024
  • Newsletter Food’s role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time.
    Discover Magazine, 17 June 2024
  • So, like so much in our national life, decisions on the weighty matters of our time are left to judges.
    Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Ryan Speedo Green, proud in stature with his imposing bass-baritone, showed the potential to be a Wotan for our time.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • What is software if not the most consequential form of creation of our time?
    WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023

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