spare moment

Example Sentences

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Instead of competing on tour for the past few weeks, he had spent every spare moment playing the course over and over, until he knew every inch of the grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“He probably dedicated every spare moment of his life to this,” said Kaye.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

I was a jigsaw puzzle fiend last year, turning to them in every spare moment.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2022

I was 24, relatively new to New York City, working a day job I hated, waiting tables at night, and writing plays in my bedroom during any spare moment.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

The boys had spent every spare moment practicing with the cardboard tubes that their aunt Gertrude had given them.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon