How to Use kill (the) time in a Sentence

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• So how will members of the team kill time during the flight?
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
• Banks also has to kill time with the dancers while the judges tabulate the results.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• Trying to kill time with a run on the next play, Aboushi drew a holding penalty that stopped the clock.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2020
• Of all the ways to kill time and find a new outlet for your chart-topping artist's mind, why makeup?
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 11 Aug. 2020
• My days are filled with going to the bookstore and going on the computer just to kill time and get out of the house.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
• The jam sessions were intended just to kill time, Davis says.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 11 Nov. 2021
• Learning how to kill time To back up the bark and bite, the Coyotes need to do a great job of building a strong penalty kill.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
• Comic-Con panel in order to kill time for a tardy Kevin Smith?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
• After all, there are only so many Netflix shows and loaves of banana bread to bake to kill the time.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2020
• On Sunday, trying to kill time with a run on the next play, Oday Aboushi drew a holding penalty that stopped the clock.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2020
• Shopping for the best Amazon deals can be a great way to kill time, save money and get useful stuff for around the house.
  — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
• Most people kill time on a plane by reading a book, watching a film or even taking a nap.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
• Miles never doesn’t sound like Miles, never again needs to kill time — time is Miles Davis’ servant.
  — Bart Bull, SPIN, 20 June 2023
• Miles will spend the next few years darkly depressed, shooting dope, trying to kill time.
  — Bart Bull, SPIN, 20 June 2023
• While Lewinsky waited for Lewis to make the journey via train, Lewinsky roamed the mall for several hours in a bid to kill time.
  — Meredith Blake Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• To kill time at the hotel, some Whitecaps players use a golf simulator to work on their swing.
  — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2020
• While waiting for a flight at an airport earlier this year, Erika Vidrio went to a bookstore to kill time.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 15 June 2022
• Kids tend to play silly games so teachers and room parents can kill time at classroom parties.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2020
• Tenants facing eviction stare straight ahead and clutch court documents that are rolled up in their fists, or kill time on their phones.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
• At the entrance to a downtown subway station, Tracy Hellams sits on the ground burning the hanging threads on her jeans with a lighter to kill time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
• Coach Brandon Staley explained later that the ball was supposed to be thrown out of bounds in order to kill time and set up a field-goal attempt to close the half.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• In the incongruously beautiful medieval city of Bruges, the pair kill time and try not to kill each other.
  — Christina Newland, Vulture, 6 June 2024
• Resist the temptation to kill time by looking at your phone—those screens really blow out your night vision.
  — Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
• He’s been trusted to handle 5-on-5 minutes with Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov, in addition to power play and penalty kill time.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2021
• Their effort to kill time led to the creation of their now-very successful alcohol: Brother’s Bond Bourbon.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
• How do Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray kill time between concerts?
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2022
• The teen from Long Island, New York started making videos to kill time and now has millions of followers that love his hilarious videos.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 23 Sep. 2020
• Her older daughter has been reading, baking and completing workbooks to kill time while McGriff is at her job.
  — Morgan Smith, CNBC, 24 July 2024
• But a post-pandemic weekend night brought a mix of middle-age tourists, couples in black tie looking to kill time before their canapés, and Gen-somethings in bomber jackets who stared at the walls, waiting for a signal that their nights could begin.
  — Sloane Crosley, Town & Country, 23 Jan. 2022
• After the two were taken off the air, the show had to kill time, with Behar and Haines engaging in a question-and-answer session with audience members until the remote interview with Harris was set up.
  — NBC News, 24 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024