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 racing is a creaky old pastime here, with few young fans.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
• 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
• Clubs started opening, fans poured in and a new pastime took off.
  — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2021
• 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
• Even back then, the crew’s favorite pastime was gazing down at Earth.
  — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2020
• 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
• Biking through the docks and gazing at the ships undisturbed was a favorite pastime.
  — New York Times, 4 Dec. 2021
• 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
• The book is a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat.
  — Paul Dickson, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• Tap into pastimes that bring you joy as the moon and Venus harmonize.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
• And their favorite pastime is to try to sneak and steal food that’s hidden inside the toys for their parents.
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
• 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
• Leaf peeping is a New England pastime that can't be beat.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2020
• But it can be argued that no one was so good, for so long, at so many facets of the national pastime.
  — Paul Newberry, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Jan. 2021
• But it can be argued that no one was so good, for so long, at so many facets of the national pastime.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 22 Jan. 2021
• But it can be argued that no one was so good, for so long, at so many facets of the national pastime.
  — Paul Newberry, Chron, 22 Jan. 2021
• His fur has grown back, he's gained healthy weight, and he's even returned to sunbathing—his favorite pastime.
  — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
• Originally performed as a ritual dance to honor the gods and pray for a good harvest, Sumo has, over time, evolved into Japan’s national pastime.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025