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
On long summer vacations in the countryside, they cautiously picked juicy prickly pears, carelessly built large bonfires and invented creative outdoor games to pass time with cousins.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023
“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
To pass time, he filled his days with menial tasks, preparing his own food, reading and sleeping.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022
It just would have been a way to pass time until Bas’s mother thought he was old enough to inherit his grandmother's wedding ring.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
