Sentence examples for as pastime from inspiring English sources

As "Pastime" began, the boat faced offstage, but Childs maneuvered it around to face us, though it was not clear how.

Both struggles, the one endured to preserve our nation and the ones we endure as pastime, as ritual that brings communities of people together for fun and community and celebration of what human bodies are capable of achieving are equally worth celebrating in their own right.

Exercising, as pastimes go, is beyond reproach.

There are no retreats and escape routes, except those that modern society itself invents as pastimes.

Philosophy and poetry were suitable as pastimes for senators; few, however, were as serious about philosophy as the younger Cato and Cicero.

AS pastimes go, buying, restoring and driving old cars is a harmless -- though often expensive -- indulgence, far removed from the worlds of global politics and terrorist plots.

For a multifaceted man driven by personal passions, what may appear as pastimes are activities central to Mr. Dassault's work as vice president of Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault, the conglomerate founded by his grandfather.

I have an aversion to karaoke after the band I used to play in was entirely upstaged at a gig by a karaoke machine, but, as pastimes go, it remains a huge market.

But in 1851, acute rheumatism led Bird to take an extended holiday with his wife in Tenby, where he pursued investigations in botany, marine fauna and cave life as pastimes.

The centres are partly work-oriented and partly focus on other aspects of daily occupation, such as pastimes and socialising (Tjörnstrand, Bejerholm & Eklund, 2011).

President Bush took painting lessons after leaving the White House in January 2009 and has cited British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's book Painting as a Pastime as an inspiration.