downtime

Example Sentences

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I am happy to help others with projects during my downtime, and I believe in the importance of being a team player to achieve the best results.

From Washington Post

She’s given up the 24/7 schedule of a party leader, but she has to find new ways to fill her calendar because she has no committee assignments and loathes downtime.

From Los Angeles Times

They implemented it to shorten games and create less downtime, to quicken the pace and shorten the time between baseball’s more exciting actions.

From Washington Post

Once a month, Anna Lapwood heads to the Royal Albert Hall in London to practice on its grand pipe organ from midnight until 6 a.m. — a rare moment of downtime in the busy venue’s schedule.

From New York Times

A calmer lifestyle provided downtime where I found space to write and revise a novel and several children’s picture books.

From Los Angeles Times