How to Use garbage time in a Sentence

garbage time

noun

• Not to complete garbage time chores.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
• A lot of garbage time, to be honest with you.
  — Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
• And most of his numbers came in garbage time.
  — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
• The Chiefs didn’t punt until garbage time.
  — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Copa logged five minutes of garbage time and scored three points.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The game went into garbage time early.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• The fourth quarter was largely garbage time.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 Jan. 2026
• But four of Arkansas’s big plays came in garbage time.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Smith was a healthy scratch from the lineup and did not feature at all — even in garbage time.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
• Tyson has played in garbage time in seven of the last eight games, but has failed to score in his last four outings.
  — Sam Allard, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
• Thinking the Jets score a couple times early and once in garbage time.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
• Jeremy Sochan played only two minutes of garbage time at the end of the game.
  — Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
• The Steelers went 0-for-9 on third down before garbage time.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• Vladislav Gavrikov added a garbage time goal and the Rangers skated away with a 6-2 win.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
• The Pats preferred to play out of base personnel for most drives before garbage time.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
• And the Falcons’ sole touchdown came during garbage time late in the fourth quarter.
  — Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• Saunders got more minutes, playing in 16 games but mostly in garbage time.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
• Heck, before garbage time, the Steelers ran only 40 plays.
  — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
• Jocytė got in garbage time minutes in the fourth quarter when the game became out of reach for the Valkyries.
  — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
• James entered the game during garbage time and played a few minutes before the contest ended.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
• His appearances, often in garbage time, haven’t provided enough runway to build trust or rhythm.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
• The defense, meanwhile, didn’t let Winter Springs in the end zone until garbage time.
  — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
• After its touchdown, Indiana failed to score on its next eight drives, finding the end zone again in garbage time.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Within the context of a healthy roster, Santos would have spot minutes either in a pinch or in garbage time.
  — Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
• If things go as expected this offseason, Pierce will be playing in garbage time with the second unit, at the worst.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
• Miami finished with 12 thanks to five late ones in garbage time by Delon Wright.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
• Pritchard managed 11 points — most of them in garbage time — after scoring at least 12 points in each game this series.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
• He's seen action in garbage time against Purdue, Arkansas and Navy.
  — Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
• Rookie outside linebacker Elijah Ponder nabbed a sack in garbage time.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025