How to Use pastime in a Sentence

pastime

noun
  • Baseball has been a national pastime for years.
  • For us, this was a fun pastimes for bored teens.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2026
  • For him, tennis isn’t a pastime of his youth.
    — Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But racing is a creaky old pastime here, with few young fans.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
  • Which, of course, soon became more than a pastime.
    — Elena Banfi, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The new pastime and its impact aren't lost on school staff.
    — Marcella Baietto, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • That’s true because art is my pastime.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Crafting is more than a pastime.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But ham radio might turn out to be more than just a pleasant pastime.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • For them, play is not a simple pastime but a lifeline.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Clubs started opening, fans poured in and a new pastime took off.
    — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021
  • On the contrary, botany was a walk in the park, a pastime for the people.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Bowling has became more than just a pastime.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
  • My favorite pastime and form of exercise is to go to the pool.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Celebrities, too, have been gushing about the pastime.
    — Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
  • What followed became more than a pastime.
    — Simon Maghakyan, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
  • No amount of shaming could make Jamie give up her favorite pastime.
    — Bea Hines, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Golf is no longer your grandfather’s pastime.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Myers grew up on a ranch, and hunting and fishing were pastimes.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Like so many others before her, took her favourite pastime and built a career out of it.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Even back then, the crew’s favorite pastime was gazing down at Earth.
    — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2020
  • As with any pastime a parent hopes to pass down, though, this one is yielding mixed results.
    — Yewande Komolafe, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • But it can be argued that no one was so good, for so long, at so many facets of the national pastime.
    — Paul Newberry, Chron, 22 Jan. 2021
  • That pandemic pastime proved to be very useful for your career in the long run.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In our family, chess was seen as a social pastime, a clubhouse of the mind.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Tap into pastimes that bring you joy as the moon and Venus harmonize.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • But the journey with Dug has inspired him to pursue the pastime.
    — Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Talking turkey is a pastime in the halls of government around the world.
    — Vivian Salama, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
  • As fall rolls around and the temperatures drop, many take to reading for a cozy pastime.
    — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • While Wyatt enjoys the pastime, his true passion is on the ice.
    — Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024

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