Sentence examples for common pastimes from inspiring English sources

One of the common pastimes was the ballgame.

One of the common pastimes was the ballgame which was often played in large, grand courts.

Chess is a common pastime.

The building and racing of sailing canoes is a common pastime.

Fantasizing about what you would do if you won the lottery is a common pastime.

In the 60s, 70s and 80s, "Paki-bashing" was a common pastime among white people.

Model-building was a common pastime at sea in the days before video games and satellite TV.

A common pastime on the set, during all the waiting that is an integral part of moviemaking, was swapping Clint lore: "For recreation, Clint reads medical journals".

I learn now that analyzing these judicial rulings was a common pastime last year when the boys were seniors in high school.

Borrowed later as a marketing term akin to soccer mom to mean a middle-class suburban mother from states where hockey is a common pastime.

A common pastime on Icelandic farms, from the 12th century down to modern times, was the reading aloud of stories to entertain the household, known as sagnaskemmtun ("saga entertainment").