leisure

If the film feels episodic while tracking the detours of the four—some antic, others grave—that’s partly the point: Among other things, the movie is a brief for leisure as a source of pleasure and disclosure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Residents were evacuated to a nearby leisure centre, police said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Vroman’s catered to various clientele and communities, from traveling dignitaries to academics and leisure readers on vacation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

With far less leisure time and diminished income, recreational facilities are turned over to food production, notably small-scale greenhouses and vertical farming for producing varied fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

During her infrequent leisure times, Kira often experimented with colored bits of threadings, feeling the excitement in her fingers as her surprising skill grew.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

“In those days, there weren’t video games or these other leisures kids have nowadays,” Gerard said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2016

To meet the change, Davis sold 100 theaters, wisely followed his customers into new leisures.

From Time Magazine Archive

I counsel you therefore, my worthy friend, The logical leisures first to attend.

From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Charles Timothy Brooks

The long leisures, the introspective habits, the vita contemplativa so conspicuous in the old Catholic discipline, grow very rare.

From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Tis a great destitution to both that this should not be entertained with large leisures, but, contrariwise, should be balked by importunate affairs.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Frederick William Roe