pass time
Example Sentences
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Enclosed by tall metal bars, detainees at the Ponte Galeria detention and deportation center near Rome, where Sylla died, walk around in circles and kick balls to pass time.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
We make ourselves at home in places where we need to pass time.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
America’s pastime was always unique in — and at times even proud of — its ability to pass time, to proceed unhurried by reality until the game decided it was complete.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
On long summer vacations in the countryside, they cautiously picked juicy prickly pears, carelessly built large bonfires and invented creative outdoor games to pass time with cousins.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023
‘Nah. Small talk’s boring. It’s what people do to pass time when they haven’t got anything interesting to say.’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
