How to Use lunchtime in a Sentence

lunchtime

noun
  • It was nearly lunchtime when we got there.
  • They enjoyed the lunchtimes they spent together.
  • At lunchtime, share the mezze at Brisas.
    — AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Try making the most of your lunchtime.
    — Natalia V. Osipova, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • At lunchtime, hunger overrides my qualms.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Use it as a morning cream, a night cream, or, screw it, a lunchtime cream.
    — Annie Blackman, Allure, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Check back Fridays at lunchtime for your guide to what is good.
    — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Live music fills the raucous joint at lunchtime and in the evenings.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Sit outside at lunchtime and order the three-course menu du jour.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
  • At lunchtime, a line of customers formed and the phone kept ringing.
    — Imelda García, Dallas News, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The same team of chefs cooking at night are cooking at lunchtime, too.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Meal planning ruts can plague lunchtime, too, after all.
    — Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The best times to hit the road are before lunchtime or after 7 pm.
    — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Winds will pick up around lunchtime and will last throughout the second half of the day.
    — Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2022
  • For new and shy students, lunchtime can be the most stressful part of the school day.
    — Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Throw them in your lunchtime salads or mix them with brown rice, spelt, barley and quinoa.
    — Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If no one bites, the place will close Ice House used to get crushed at lunchtime.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Sometimes going at lunchtime or at the end of the day works better.
    — Elaine Sciolino, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The place fills up at lunchtime with a unique mix of artist types, families and men in trucks.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Bars all over Venice pull out platters of tramezzini at lunchtime.
    — Terry Ward, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
  • The rain will be gone by lunchtime with a major warm up for the afternoon.
    — Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The wait for a table on a weekend evening is long right now; the catch is to go at lunchtime.
    — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • And skiers can skip the soggy sandwiches and greasy fries at lunchtime.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Think dinner theater — but lunchtime.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Voters set a single-day early turnout record by lunchtime.
    — Mary Ramsey may 26, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
  • As the van made its way through the city at lunchtime, Eddy looked out the window.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Think about spending spend your lunchtime in the park, smelling the flowers and watching the birds.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The kids in line with trays at lunchtime, like a scene in a Dickens novel, gave it away.
    — Maisha Leek, Marie Claire, 28 Jan. 2019
  • Winds will be breezy from the south, with gusts between 20 and 25 mph through lunchtime.
    — Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The spot is cash-only with outdoor seating and often has a line at lunchtime.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026

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