spare time
Example Sentences
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In his spare time, he produces music using a digital synthesiser on his tablet, a hobby he now shares with his children, aged five and six.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
In his spare time, he obsesses about where to find the perfect slice of New York-style pizza.Follow him on Twitter @CharlesPassy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
The largely empty schedule appeared to leave plenty of spare time -- much of which would, on a normal weekend, be filled by Trump playing golf at his nearby club.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Edwin Dorsey, the author of a financial newsletter who trades on Kalshi in his spare time, uses a database of Trump’s utterances to assess how often the president uses certain terms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Rooms are being constructed in the cellar, gradually and with a lot of hammering and sawing, in my father’s spare time: a darkroom, a storeroom for jars and jellies and jams.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
