leisure
Example Sentences
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This dynamic tends to favor men, since research shows that men have several more hours a week of “me time” than women, compounding into weeks more leisure time a year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
"They look like a couple of club fighters from a white-collar match in a local leisure centre. It was sad for me to watch."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Delta actually hiked its revenue outlook, citing demand momentum in both leisure and corporate travel.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Now people are spending a growing share of their leisure time watching video on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram produced by amateurs or small production companies using nonunion labor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
There was no place to sit except on the beds, but then, on a regular workday there was no leisure time except the less than three hours between supper and curfew.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing leisure
The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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