How to Use spare time in a Sentence
spare time
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Chua built these chatbots in her spare time with easy-to-use tools.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
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Rodriguez, who crochets in her spare time, looked through the yarn.
—Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
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But Beatriz is a lady of leisure, with plenty of spare time.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
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In their spare time, the duo created a series of award-winning short movies.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2023
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Both painted in their spare time, which inspired Ms. Hogrogian at a young age.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 June 2024
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Vladimir managed to do all of this in his spare time while maintaining his career.
—Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
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In his spare time, Bulusu likes playing outdoors with his friends.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
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Working in her spare time over a period of years, Shaw went to work on Hylton’s nightgown.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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But definitely just doing work in my spare time, still leaning on the older guys to kind of help with that.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 July 2023
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For Spain’s 16-year-old winger Lamine Yamal, his spare time can be taken up with catching up with homework on his pad.
—James Robson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2024
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In her spare time, Starks, who is single and does not have children, enjoys painting and relaxing at the beach.
—Chianti C. Cleggett | For The Birmingham Times, al, 8 Mar. 2023
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Bailey Zimmerman was busy with a union job and tricking out pickup trucks in his spare time just three years ago.
—Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
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Maybe one of your senior leaders is a game developer in her spare time.
—Bynatasha Piñon, Fortune, 3 May 2024
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In her limited spare time, the doctor visits schools to encourage girls to take jobs in medicine themselves.
—Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2024
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Much of his spare time is spent running, constructing crosswords and solving word puzzles of all kinds.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
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James Wimshurst developed his eponymous machines in his spare time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 May 2023
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In her spare time, Whitford competes on a synchronized ice skating team and gives ice skating lessons.
—Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 18 July 2023
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In his spare time, Rothman was known for building furniture, as well as working on sculptures with his wife.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
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Her mother, Oneida Oliver-Sanders, said the reservist would practice jiu-jitsu and run to keep in shape during her spare time.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
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Roa hopes to find a way to research university decision-making, whether in law school or in his spare time.
—Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 28 May 2024
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His spare time is occupied by watching movies and running to impress strangers on Strava.
—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
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When The Shallows actress has spare time between her beloved babies and brands, she can be spotted hanging out with gal pal Hadid.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
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But clever astronomers have been able to use spare time on the telescope to search for potentially hazardous asteroids.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 10 May 2024
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Besides cutting off routes, Martin also cuts hair and enjoys being a barber in his spare time.
—Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
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Reducing that foraging gives the women some valuable spare time, Ruiz says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2018
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Friends and neighbors remembered Sims as a quiet humble man who spent his spare time making music.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
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Other things have changed since then too, with Honnold becoming a father, to a baby who mercifully has no idea at this point how dad spends his spare time.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
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In her spare time, Hanley can be found dancing in her kitchen, hosting charcuterie and craft nights and working on a never-ending list of home improvement projects.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
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In his spare time, Patrick started a slo-pitch softball team at his local pub with the help of another expatriate American.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
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Lawrence, who also goes skiing and mountain biking in his spare time, pulls together Mouth Water’s cocktail of modern and vintage sounds.
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 24 June 2024
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