Sentence examples for using the down time from inspiring English sources

Some business executives are using the down time to catch up on inventorying, repairs and maintenance.

You brain will use the down time to process problems and brew-up ideas.

The summer plant shutdown is a tradition among the Detroit automakers, which in past years used the down time to prepare assembly lines to make the next year's models.

And when a blizzard buried subways and highways last year, the mayor advised New Yorkers to use the down time to take in a Broadway play (presumably after residents outside Manhattan strapped on snowshoes and trudged across bridges).

"It hadn't crossed any of our minds," Scotter admits, "but we'll be ready this summer: we've already made plans for Spring's staff to come to help out on the farm, and the chefs will use the down time to make jams, pickles and cordials for the restaurant".

Network Rail said it would also use the down time to replace the track in the Box tunnel and replace switching equipment at Bathampton junction.

In 2001, a start-up company where she worked had just been acquired, and she used the down time to enroll in classes at the Culinary Institute of America, just north of Manhattan.

I used the down time to reflect on whether I am becoming jaded.

I'm pretty much caught up on my work, so I think I'll use the down time to catch up on my social networking.

Use the down time to explore the site and rules.

Use the down time to improve yourself in other ways than simply getting physically fitter.