How to Use spare time in a Sentence

spare time

noun
  • Mike [White]'s got the spare time to write it.
    — EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Vise works on cold cases in his spare time.
    — Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Chua built these chatbots in her spare time with easy-to-use tools.
    — Jackie Snow, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Mages also paraglided in his spare time.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Rodriguez, who crochets in her spare time, looked through the yarn.
    — Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Some people watch Netflix in their spare time.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Lynch spends much of her spare time riding her four quarter horses.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
  • Some of these platforms are now so compelling that students want to play them in their spare time.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Vladimir managed to do all of this in his spare time while maintaining his career.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • In their spare time, the duo created a series of award-winning short movies.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2023
  • In the little spare time available to him, Lobotka likes to play golf.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In his spare time, Bulusu likes playing outdoors with his friends.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
  • Many people do it to fill their spare time, help others, or pursue their passions.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • What kind of business would hold it against their employee for being an artist in their spare time?
    — Nate Rogers, Vulture, 22 May 2025
  • It’s often seen as optional and reserved for when there’s spare time, but that time rarely comes.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Maybe one of your senior leaders is a game developer in her spare time.
    — Bynatasha Piñon, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • After all, many do puzzles, play chess or challenge their brains in all sorts of ways during their spare time.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
  • In their spare time, the couple played tennis and went swimming at the local country club.
    — Christine Pelisek, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Jorge could only work on the machine in his spare time and his promise to deliver stretched on for years.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 26 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, she was used to spending her spare time feeding animals or birthing lambs.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In her spare time, however, Kravtiz never stays in one lane.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, InStyle, 28 May 2026
  • White, who lives in Cedar Park, likes to learn Photoshop in his spare time.
    — Asher Price, Axios, 12 July 2024
  • James Wimshurst developed his eponymous machines in his spare time.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 May 2023
  • But definitely just doing work in my spare time, still leaning on the older guys to kind of help with that.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 July 2023
  • All of the dossier authors worked as volunteers, poring over papers and images in their spare time.
    — science.org, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Much of his spare time is spent running, constructing crosswords and solving word puzzles of all kinds.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
  • In her spare time, Dani loves to surf, play sports, hike, play guitar and enjoy sweet time with family and friends.
    — CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • In her spare time, Madison is working on being a content creator.
    — Janelle Burrell, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Bailey Zimmerman was busy with a union job and tricking out pickup trucks in his spare time just three years ago.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Should the guy who spends his spare time dodging bullets really be lecturing him on death wishes?
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

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