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spare moment

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meanings of spareand moment


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spare
adjective
uk /speər/ us /sper/
If something is spare, it is available to use because it ...
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moment
noun
uk /ˈməʊ.mənt/ us /ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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Examples of spare moment


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He set up an elaborate arrangement of mirrors and, believe it or not, sat in front of them, whenever he had a sparemoment, for nine years.
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Meanwhile, he used every sparemoment to pursue his fine arts career.
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He was universally known for his punctuality and the fanatical way he would spend every sparemoment in his laboratory.
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He had me practising in every sparemoment, even in the hallways by myself as he wanted to see a marked improvement on my routine.
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Ricketts used every sparemoment to learn to play all the instruments in the band.
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Leach was soon spending every sparemoment, up to eight hours a day, practising.
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He enjoys a pipe in his spare moments, just as the agricultural labourer and the farmer do at "bagging and drinking" time.
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It was worked out in spare moments between listening to debates on other subjects.
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Why should voluntary collectors, giving up their spare moments after a hard day's work, go to the police to be licensed?
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One of the younger ones spent his plentiful spare moments scribbling on a pad—his memoirs, perhaps?
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With a determination and energy truly admirable he devoted all his spare moments to practice.
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He still felt a desire to become an artist, and all his spare moments were spent drawing and painting from nature.
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Before 1882 he had never had any special opportunity of pursuing his study; all his bibliographical work had been done in his spare moments.
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He said he was a bus driver who devoted all his spare moments to painting.
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