pastime

Example Sentences

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But instead of serving as a celebration of America’s pastime, opening day has arrived this week with a warning: Don’t get too attached.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The self-proclaimed homebodies share that their ideal quality pastime is rewatching “Grey’s Anatomy” for the third time, sitting together in silence while enjoying cookie milkshakes, or spending a weekend away in nature.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Vast news deserts with no local coverage exist across the country, and independent reporting of any issue, concern, pastime, government action, youth activity or local PTA is nearly impossible to find.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

It’s practically a national pastime to complain about the media.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026

Quite the contrary, for their pleasures were not his; he had no use for card games, golf, cocktails, or buffet suppers served at ten—or, indeed, for any pastime that he felt did not “accomplish something.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote