fill time

Life feels like a performance, an effort to fill time with distractions so as not to focus on the void that defines it.

I'm not just here to fill time.

And all of this is being reported by indifferent, insecure, ignorant and incompetent journalists whose only goal is to fill time, gain ratings and pretend they know what they're doing.

Fortmueller also noted that this strike really marked the birth of reality TV as a way to fill time in vacant schedule blocks.

Perhaps the city ought to put the deal that died last year back on the table, this time with transparency, and with public hearings that inform the council rather than just fill time before a preordained vote.