How to Use leisure in a Sentence

leisure

noun
  • I don't have much time for leisure.
  • These places are not built for a day of leisure.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Guests at the party pull the tee shirts out and smell at their leisure.
    — Ellie Delano, Woman's Day, 24 July 2014
  • Guests are free to use the fire pits and swimming hole at their leisure.
    — Elizabeth Finkelstein, Country Living, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Many people spend much of their work and leisure hours hunched over screens.
    — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Work and leisure are no longer separate lanes.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Justices who plan to dissent could still do so at their leisure.
    — The Editors, National Review, 3 May 2022
  • And a new shade of leisure for Huntsville’s downtown-ish area.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 10 June 2022
  • Make the sauce once, stick it in your fridge, and use it over the next few weeks at your leisure.
    — Deena Shanker, Bloomberg.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Four indoor and outdoor year-round pools, both leisure and lap pools.
    — Roy Kent, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Hop aboard a ferry and hop off at any of the five villages at your leisure.
    — Kasia Dietz, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Pulling up the rear were auto, banks, travel and leisure and tech stocks.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Exit the rink at your leisure, trade in your skates, and get to lip smacking.
    — Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Two paddle boats are available at the beach and free for guests to use at their leisure.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 June 2025
  • Of course, Goggins' time in Madrid hasn't been all leisure.
    — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • So workers need to make the most of their limited leisure time.
    — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Buy it for yourself and leave it on the top of the book stack so guests can flip through at their leisure.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2021
  • That has kept me from becoming a jerk with a yacht or a person of leisure.
    — Michael Roberts, Outside Online, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Maybe catch up on some Netflix shows, or do some leisure reading.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • At most, the leisure travel recovery has been set back a few weeks.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The story mode is long with plenty of room to explore at your leisure.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Some opt to break from their hike and wait out the snowmelt elsewhere, then return at their leisure.
    — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • But doing it at my leisure is much easier.
    — Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Adults often think our leisure time needs to be productive.
    — Jen Zamzow, CNBC, 20 June 2026
  • The rest of us may find the play’s leisure in getting there frustrating.
    — Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Summer is a season of fun, restoration, and for many, a time of leisure.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 26 July 2022
  • Across the country, spring break is a boon to leisure and business travel.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Protect that time — not as leisure, but as creative upkeep.
    — Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Coleman roams at his leisure, adding in playful quotes of other tunes along the way.
    — Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
  • For inflation to pull people out of leisure and force them to work once again is not good.
    — WSJ, 24 Apr. 2022

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