How to Use leisure in a Sentence

leisure

noun
  • I don't have much time for leisure.
  • Then, roll out and shape the turnovers at your leisure.
    Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 19 June 2018
  • Their leisure, like a monastery’s, was ruled by the clock.
    Longreads, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Guests at the party pull the tee shirts out and smell at their leisure.
    Ellie Delano, Woman's Day, 24 July 2014
  • Guests are free to use the fire pits and swimming hole at their leisure.
    Elizabeth Finkelstein, Country Living, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Subscribers pay a fee and use the service at their leisure.
    Greg Moore, azcentral, 12 May 2018
  • Make the sauce once, stick it in your fridge, and use it over the next few weeks at your leisure.
    Deena Shanker, Bloomberg.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Hop aboard a ferry and hop off at any of the five villages at your leisure.
    Kasia Dietz, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Buy it for yourself and leave it on the top of the book stack so guests can flip through at their leisure.
    Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2021
  • To register for the leisure paddle, go to ohioriverpaddlefest.org/registration.
    Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2022
  • So workers need to make the most of their limited leisure time.
    The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The rest of us may find the play’s leisure in getting there frustrating.
    Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2019
  • And a new shade of leisure for Huntsville’s downtown-ish area.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 10 June 2022
  • Exit the rink at your leisure, trade in your skates, and get to lip smacking.
    Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • That has kept me from becoming a jerk with a yacht or a person of leisure.
    Michael Roberts, Outside Online, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Pulling up the rear were auto, banks, travel and leisure and tech stocks.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Justices who plan to dissent could still do so at their leisure.
    The Editors, National Review, 3 May 2022
  • Some opt to break from their hike and wait out the snowmelt elsewhere, then return at their leisure.
    Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Use the table of contents to jump to a certain section or skim at your leisure.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 8 May 2020
  • In most of the countries singled out, few people have the means for leisure travel.
    Seventeen, 30 June 2017
  • Being able to sleep in your own bed to avoid sickness and drive yourself to and from the venue at your leisure helps.
    Holly Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2018
  • This comes at a time when the city has been hit hard by a lack of leisure and business visitors.
    Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • At most, the leisure travel recovery has been set back a few weeks.
    Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In most of the countries singled out, few people have the means for leisure travel.
    Washington Post, 30 June 2017
  • For inflation to pull people out of leisure and force them to work once again is not good.
    WSJ, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Longer days gift us with enough time in the evening to attend to more leisure activities.
    NBC News, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Summer is a season of fun, restoration, and for many, a time of leisure.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 26 July 2022
  • At about a mile long, the bridge is open for pedestrians and bike riders to cross at their leisure.
    Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 19 June 2018
  • Coleman roams at his leisure, adding in playful quotes of other tunes along the way.
    Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Breakfast is set up for everyone to have at their leisure.
    Olivia Martin, Town & Country, 7 June 2018

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