spare moment

Example Sentences

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And day after day, Stolz spent every spare moment soaking it up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Leading up to opening day on Oct 21, his crew of two dozen spent every spare moment perfecting new scares.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022

I was a jigsaw puzzle fiend last year, turning to them in every spare moment.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2022

I was 24, relatively new to New York City, working a day job I hated, waiting tables at night, and writing plays in my bedroom during any spare moment.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

She rolled over the block of sugar maple, a castoff from someone’s construction project, and it became her perch whenever she had a spare moment.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead