Sentence examples for passing the hour from inspiring English sources

Just passing the hour mark now.

Merely passing the hours is no substitute for aesthetic wonder.

He makes good use of this phone by passing the hours calling up reporters at every paper in town.

Lt. Andrew P. Petry, a former classmate of both Moskos, said by telephone from Annapolis that he was passing the hours now thinking about the eulogy he will deliver next week.

A small contingent of rebels gathered at a checkpoint there on Friday, passing the hours peering nervously westward in anticipation of another advance by pro-Qaddafi forces.

It was difficult to predict which side would grab the all-important second goal as the game passed the hour mark.

But mainly I've passed the hours judging.

She passes the hours crocheting a quilt: her "going-away blanket".

Isn't there a better way to pass the hours, I wonder?

They pass the hours with family, playing Albanian card games and watching movies.

And how had he passed the hours in the wet? "Contemplating life".