How to Use garbage time in a Sentence

garbage time

noun

• Seven, as in half the number of points Mavericks reserve Jaden Hardy scored in six minutes of garbage time.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
• Payton Pritchard touched the ball exactly once before garbage time yet hit one of the most important shots of the night: a miraculous halfcourt prayer as time expired in the first half.
  — Zack Cox, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024
• Collins and Neal each knocked one down late in garbage time.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
• The Hoosiers threw just 21 passes, most in garbage time.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• White, who scored 17 points, hit another 3 in garbage time and the Bulls pulled away in the fourth quarter.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2023
• Copa logged five minutes of garbage time and scored three points.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The bench got four more points in garbage time and finished with seven, but that still was the fewest by SDSU backups in 56 games.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
• In the waning seconds of the Warriors’ blowout win over Charlotte, tempers flared when Lester Quinones took a layup in garbage time.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Most of UMass’ positive passing stats came in garbage time.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• Miami finished with 12 thanks to five late ones in garbage time by Delon Wright.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
• Sure, that came in garbage time of blowout wins, but how many teams can claim a Pro Bowl quarterback under 30 as their backup?
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
• Morris has attempted 103 passes in his career as a Frog, some of which were in garbage time.
  — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
• Saunders got more minutes, playing in 16 games but mostly in garbage time.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
• Boban is a beloved teammate but not exactly a three-point marksman, sitting 0-for-1 from beyond the arc in garbage time this season.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 6 Apr. 2023
• The final 12 minutes were effectively garbage time, with Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant watching the entirety of the last frame from the bench.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 1 Mar. 2023
• Now his first team meeting at his new school in a new conference consisted of a sophomore walk-on who played eight minutes of garbage time and a pair of redshirts.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• In what was effectively garbage time, Ashford did throw a 32-yard touchdown to a wide-open Micah Riley.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2023
• Yet his goal came during what essentially was garbage time and the Kings got no closer in a 6-3 loss that pushed them to within one loss of elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• After Garoppolo was yanked late in the fourth quarter, Purdy got some garbage time reps, completing 4 of 9 passes for 66 yards and an interception.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• Huerter was taken out of Wednesday’s game with eight minutes remaining in the third quarter and didn’t return — in part because Brown emptied the bench and played only reserves in fourth-quarter garbage time.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2024
• Oats deployed five substitutes before garbage time but only two, Burnett and Noah Gurley, recorded more than 10 minutes.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 18 Mar. 2023
• Haslem has had several opportunities to take the court during garbage time in recent postseasons and has bypassed such minutes.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
• Relievers Chase Anderson — B: Anderson isn’t expected to pitch in high leverage spots, but there’s value in eating innings during garbage time, and he’s done that job well.
  — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024