How to Use spare time in a Sentence
spare time
noun-
Chua built these chatbots in her spare time with easy-to-use tools.
— Jackie Snow, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Rodriguez, who crochets in her spare time, looked through the yarn.
— Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023 -
White, who lives in Cedar Park, likes to learn Photoshop in his spare time.
— Asher Price, Axios, 12 July 2024 -
But Beatriz is a lady of leisure, with plenty of spare time.
— Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023 -
In their spare time, the duo created a series of award-winning short movies.
— Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Both painted in their spare time, which inspired Ms. Hogrogian at a young age.
— Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 June 2024 -
Vladimir managed to do all of this in his spare time while maintaining his career.
— Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023 -
Jorge could only work on the machine in his spare time and his promise to deliver stretched on for years.
— Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 26 July 2024 -
In his spare time, Bulusu likes playing outdoors with his friends.
— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024 -
After all, many do puzzles, play chess or challenge their brains in all sorts of ways during their spare time.
— Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Maybe one of your senior leaders is a game developer in her spare time.
— Bynatasha Piñon, Fortune, 3 May 2024 -
Abigail is also an expert in Gilmore Girls lore and yaps about romance novels on a podcast in her spare time.
— Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
Much of his spare time is spent running, constructing crosswords and solving word puzzles of all kinds.
— Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024 -
In their spare time, Henry and Godwin enjoy hiking and surfing.
— Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024 -
James Wimshurst developed his eponymous machines in his spare time.
— IEEE Spectrum, 14 May 2023 -
In her spare time, Whitford competes on a synchronized ice skating team and gives ice skating lessons.
— Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 18 July 2023 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
His spare time is occupied by watching movies and running to impress strangers on Strava.
— Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023 -
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 -
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 -
Reviewers who walk hundreds of miles a month, hike in their spare time, and deal with plantar fasciitis all have wonderful things to say about these insoles.
— Nikhita Mahtani, SELF, 6 July 2024 -
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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