rest and recreation

Example Sentences

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Then, six weeks ago, I traveled to Vietnam on a trip I thought would be mainly rest and recreation, but turned out to reconnect me with a self I'd long forgotten.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022

At night, the local bars were often filled with hard-partying G.I.s, flown in from Vietnam for rest and recreation.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

The ads touted Singer sewing machines and typewriters for providing “increased time and opportunity for women’s rest and recreation or for other occupations from which they had been debarred.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Even rest and recreation, in a culture preoccupied with efficiency, can only be understood as valuable insofar as they are useful for some other purpose – usually, recuperation, so as to enable more work.

From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2016

Although usually busy all the morning, she found many spare hours for rest and recreation in the afternoon; and the evenings were always delightful.

From The Dorrance Domain by Wells, Carolyn