Sentence examples for appropriate pastime from inspiring English sources

"They seem a very appropriate pastime for these days," Opie said, "finding the right piece and fitting it all together until the true picture emerges".

Hunting was also considered an appropriate pastime.

Parenting experts warn that digital distractions are harming interpersonal relationships, hindering youth from developing face-to-face communication skills and teaching children that disappearing into digital devices for endless hours is an appropriate pastime.

Share your age appropriate pastimes with your younger friends, and explore the opportunities to do new activities with a little caution.

There I was, almost the only freshman so singled out, on a page of that year's memorable personalities, with an appropriate sport, hobby, or pastime listed opposite each.

That is to help them recognize or learn that there are certain types of pastimes that are appropriate and a good use of their time".

Although she often wore tennis sneakers, she always knew what was appropriate; certainly not those thugs who played the renewed national pastime: they'd steal the tea service along with the bases.

THE World Series begins on Wednesday, so it's only appropriate for the presidential candidates to make an issue out of America's pastime.

It was an appropriate way to join the race: drinking appears to have been the major pastime of the yacht club members on board while the professionals and their crew risked life and limb on deck.

America may no longer be glowing scarlet and gold in Harry Potter fever, but that hasn't stopped a group of enterprising young people from appropriating the favorite sport of the wizarding world -- and combining it with a pastime beloved by college students everywhere.

Having moved to The Gap halfway through 2008 – and been caught out driving right through the heart of the area's worst storm in decades (Kevin Rudd later likened our battered suburb to a "war zone") – my young family was well familiar with our neighbours' chosen pastime of sitting out on the deck in the early evening with a few tinnies and appropriate clothing.