spare moments

Example Sentences

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Ms Crofts described the crotchet part of the project as a "labour of love", and said she took it with her wherever she went so she could work on it during spare moments.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

I was acutely aware of not habitually browsing the internet in spare moments of waiting.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2023

Equally spare moments punctuated the other tunes, half of them from “Painless,” but only as brief contrasts to the lusher passages that dominated them.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2022

We spoke to two cleaning and decluttering experts about how you can make spare moments count – and how to maximise longer chunks of time to create the serene home of your dreams.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

“It’s not like Matthias to go off like that. I’ve searched everywhere in my spare moments, but he’s not in the Abbey.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques