How to Use just for fun in a Sentence

just for fun

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  • Do aliens stop by the set of every alien movie, just for fun?
    Vulture, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Have you ever been compelled to try the song out live just for fun?
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 15 May 2024
  • Many students do it with friends just for fun and don’t follow up.
    Leanne Italie, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Try adding your child's favorite fruit to the batter just for fun.
    Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2023
  • Soo-hyun already caught him once; this second hunt is just for fun.
    EW.com, 2 June 2024
  • Soo-hyun already caught him once; this second hunt is just for fun.
    Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Of course, some really are just for fun—and that’s cool, too.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2023
  • So that’s six base runners … on six pitches … with an out mixed in there just for fun.
    Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Both longed to return to the playing field, even if just for fun and not profit.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Volleyball was always just for fun and soccer was her true love.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2021
  • After landing his first jump, Rudd did a head-over-heels forward flip, just for fun.
    ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Pull your curls into a casual chignon and throw in pin detailing just for fun.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Cycling to your workplace takes a little more planning than cycling just for fun.
    Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Rather, the ceremony was just for fun — and the photo opp — after a few drinks.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The contest was just for fun, and not a scientific survey.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps in his quiet time, Leo has slipped on the size 52 jersey, just for fun.
    CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Svoma dug his snow pit not just for fun, but to read the temperature beneath the surface.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But another young American who picks up a racket just for fun might one day look up at his.
    Lukas Weese, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Young pandas pounce and play not just for fun, but to build skills like balance and coordination.
    Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2022
  • And kitchen millwork so snugly built you might be tempted to open and shut the cabinets and drawers all day, just for fun.
    Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Then, just for fun, a fastball and two sliders made Jose Iglesias look helpless.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • The fake agent interrogated drivers on the side of the road just for fun, not taking anything from them.
    Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Tame animals in a petting-zoo area get their enclosures shot up by Russian troops, just for fun.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Strolling around the shops near the beach that day, the family went into a Tesla dealership just for fun.
    Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Throughout the scene, Le Chiffre stoops down to slap Bond in the face a few times seemingly just for fun.
    James Factora, Them, 24 July 2024
  • This academy will help drivers get better at driving on the track just for fun or to begin a racing career.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This academy will help drivers get better at driving on the track just for fun or to begin a racing career.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Sign up Alabama is not defying the federal courts just for fun.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The children get to pocket some of the money, and the rest is saved to pay expenses for trips — for performances or just for fun.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Many cyclists ride in the race just for fun, taking advantage of bonus checkpoints in the neighborhood that count as extra laps.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2022

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