How to Use pastime in a Sentence

pastime

noun

• Baseball has been a national pastime for years.
• The thrill of the pastime has always been this gamble: No one knows what’s inside the box.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• How the Dodgers made beach balls at the ballpark the new national pastime.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
• My favorite pastime and form of exercise is to go to the pool.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2022
• But the journey with Dug has inspired him to pursue the pastime.
  — Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
• While Wyatt enjoys the pastime, his true passion is on the ice.
  — Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• Talking turkey is a pastime in the halls of government around the world.
  — Vivian Salama, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
• But ham radio might turn out to be more than just a pleasant pastime.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• In the 1800s, those who could take advantage of leisure pastimes were wealthy and mainly white.
  — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
• The ancient pastime had saved his life, Steiner told Willams.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 26 Dec. 2022
• Well, if nothing else, be the national pastime on the days the NFL isn’t playing.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
• The scenes were filmed from a tethered hot air balloon, a fashionable leisure pastime of the day.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
• Shanahan’s favorite pastime is finding ways to put the ball in Samuel’s hands.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
• But the flashy beetle — and the pastime of catching them — that once was so commonplace may become a thing of the past.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2022
• News that one of her pastimes is looking through GoFundMe pages at night.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
• Dining out is of course one of the UAE’s favorite pastimes, and there are plenty of options here.
  — Chris Dwyer, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
• All along the way, father threw batting practice to son, a pastime that reached its zenith three hours north of their home.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023
• Like so many others before her, took her favourite pastime and built a career out of it.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 5 Apr. 2022
• His dominance on the mound let the whole world know that this city, this team and the national pastime belonged to us, too.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
• Knitting is supposed to be a calm and peaceful pastime.
  — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• For Tinashe, seeing drag queens perform to her songs is one of her favorite pastimes.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 21 June 2023
• Obsessing over needle drops on buzzy shows has become a fun pastime in the era of peak TV.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 June 2022
• For The Times) 6/7 Hart plays poker in Vegas; gambling is one of his favorite pastimes.
  — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
• After decades of hand-wringing about the gloomy state of the national pastime, the league has tried to make the game faster, crisper, more highlight-friendly.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• How might the new rules change the character of America's pastime?
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 13 Sep. 2022
• As with any pastime a parent hopes to pass down, though, this one is yielding mixed results.
  — Yewande Komolafe, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Get involved with people who share your concerns and enjoy the same pastimes as you.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
• Little did the jumpers know that their playful prank would inspire a popular pastime around the world.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Cycling has been a favorite pastime for people around the globe since the 19th century.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
• In Mexico, pilgrimages are more than just a niche pastime of the devout.
  — Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024