pass time
Example Sentences
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Enclosed by tall metal bars, detainees at the Ponte Galeria detention and deportation center near Rome, where Sylla died, walk around in circles and kick balls to pass time.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
“Walmart Land” wants to become an entertainment destination in the metaverse, the virtual reality arena for people to play games and pass time.
From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2022
Korraine Nichole Anne Mangaoang, a 22-year-old college student, said she knew little about Marcos Sr. until she downloaded TikTok at the outset of the pandemic to pass time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2022
I would sit there people watching, pass time, to save electric and heating.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2022
All this helped to pass time, but still there were many long hours the prisoner had to lose.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
