leisure
Example Sentences
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"I was just reading about DNA photochemistry – for leisure," she recalls.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“As this progresses, I might have to change my spring and summer plans” for leisure travel, said Lamptey, 50.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
"Tourism isn't just about leisure and recreation. It could also contribute to people's physical and mental health," Ms. Hu added.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh play spoiled Pakistani-American brothers thrown from a life of wealth and leisure to suddenly leading their deceased father’s Philadelphia crime empire, along with Poorna Jagannathan as their scene-stealing auntie/enforcer.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
In the rare moments of leisure Blanca had to think about herself and her daughter, she regretted that her child was so silent and solitary, and that she had no playmates her own age.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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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