Examples of 'time on his hands' in a sentence

Meaning of "time on his hands"

This phrase suggests that a person has a lot of free or idle time available, often implying that they have no pressing or important commitments to attend to. It implies that the person has more leisure or spare time than they know what to do with and may be looking for ways to occupy themselves or find activities to fill their time

How to use "time on his hands" in a sentence

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time on his hands
He has too much time on his hands.
A kid goes to Cornell University. He obviously has way too much time on his hands.
He has a lot of time on his hands.
Then the 2008 economic crisis happened and Victor found himself with time on his hands.
Man had a lot of time on his hands.
There, with time on his hands to contemplate, the story goes.
He must have a lot of time on his hands.
Too much time on his hands.
Which means he has a lot of free time on his hands.
Barnett had a lot of time on his hands while he was in prison.
Manco therefore found himself with time on his hands.
Plenty of time on his hands.
Skeith had nothing but an abundance of time on his hands.
He had time on his hands.
By someone with a lot of time on his hands.

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He has time on his hands!
He always seemed to have time on his hands.
Rich queer, too much time on his hands since same-sex marriage got fixed.
He seems to have a lot of time on his hands.
He 's got a lot of time on his hands so he makes phone calls . OK.
A retired detective with time on his hands.
Because he has so much time on his hands he decides to write a memoir.
He obviously has way too much time on his hands.
He 's got a lot of time on his hands so he makes phone calls.
Clearly a man with a lot of time on his hands.
Barnett had a lot of time on his hands while he was in prison. - No prints.
This guy had a lot of free time on his hands.
Left Derek with a lot of free time on his hands which he spent mostly drinking.
A year has gone by and he has had lots of time on his hands.
And way too much time on his hands win this one?
This is clearly a man with too much time on his hands.
A CEO must have more time on his hands than I thought . Yes . Gosh.
Looks like monkey boy has some time on his hands.
Earl 's got a lot of time on his hands lately, ai not he?
It was a hoax played by an idiot with too much free time on his hands.
And a whole lotta time on his hands.
He has even done free movies whenever he has time on his hands.
Tom has too much time on his hands.
You think he would be better with all that free time on his hands.
Frank had a lot of time on his hands.
But now he was just another losing candidate with a lot of time on his hands.
He 's got a lot of extra time on his hands right now.
Luckily, I have a boyfriend with no job or school and a lot of time on his hands.
Yeah, well, he has a little too much time on his hands since, uh, the divorce.
This is just some nut job with too much time on his hands.
A billionaire with too much time on his hands went crazy.
It looks like Michael has had plenty of time on his hands.
Barnett had a lot of time on his hands.
Well, your client better get used To having a lot of time on his hands.
He found he had dead time on his hands.

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