playing time

noun

: the amount of time that a team member is allowed to play during a game

Her teammates were complaining about their lack of playing time.

Examples of playing time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ware was even relied on to be on the court for all but one second of overtime, and finished the victory with a positive plus/minus of plus-6 in his 34 minutes of playing time. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025

Golden credited the Canadian native for his work ethic despite not getting a lot of playing time. —Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025

But when an opportunity for playing time arose Wednesday night, the third-year wing capitalized. —Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

That merely meant coach Brian Dutcher didn’t have to delicately parcel out playing time while massaging egos on his Mariana Trench-deep roster, and the bench shortened by circumstance delivered a 77-45 win powered by a pair of true freshmen and a typically frenetic defensive effort. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025

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