How to Use garbage time in a Sentence

garbage time

noun
  • More than half of Coit’s 11 points came in garbage time.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Collins and Neal each knocked one down late in garbage time.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The Hoosiers threw just 21 passes, most in garbage time.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Smith was a healthy scratch from the lineup and did not feature at all — even in garbage time.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • White, who scored 17 points, hit another 3 in garbage time and the Bulls pulled away in the fourth quarter.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Tyson has played in garbage time in seven of the last eight games, but has failed to score in his last four outings.
    — Sam Allard, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Copa logged five minutes of garbage time and scored three points.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The bench got four more points in garbage time and finished with seven, but that still was the fewest by SDSU backups in 56 games.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Ivan Barbashev and Geekie (No. 24) traded a garbage time goals.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the waning seconds of the Warriors’ blowout win over Charlotte, tempers flared when Lester Quinones took a layup in garbage time.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Most of UMass’ positive passing stats came in garbage time.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 3 Sep. 2023
  • And to add injury to insult, Ionescu shushed the crowd after draining a trey in the final seconds of garbage time.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Miami finished with 12 thanks to five late ones in garbage time by Delon Wright.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Sure, that came in garbage time of blowout wins, but how many teams can claim a Pro Bowl quarterback under 30 as their backup?
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Morris has attempted 103 passes in his career as a Frog, some of which were in garbage time.
    — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • James entered the game during garbage time and played a few minutes before the contest ended.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • After its touchdown, Indiana failed to score on its next eight drives, finding the end zone again in garbage time.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024
  • If things go as expected this offseason, Pierce will be playing in garbage time with the second unit, at the worst.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Saunders got more minutes, playing in 16 games but mostly in garbage time.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Seven, as in half the number of points Mavericks reserve Jaden Hardy scored in six minutes of garbage time.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • Boban is a beloved teammate but not exactly a three-point marksman, sitting 0-for-1 from beyond the arc in garbage time this season.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The final 12 minutes were effectively garbage time, with Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant watching the entirety of the last frame from the bench.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The only defensive snaps McKinney has missed this season came late against the 49ers in garbage time, and Jacobs has played in every game, too.
    — Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Now his first team meeting at his new school in a new conference consisted of a sophomore walk-on who played eight minutes of garbage time and a pair of redshirts.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • In what was effectively garbage time, Ashford did throw a 32-yard touchdown to a wide-open Micah Riley.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • His appearances, often in garbage time, haven’t provided enough runway to build trust or rhythm.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • As one of the last guards in the rotation, Chris Duarte had made only 13 appearances this season, mostly slotting in for the final minutes of garbage time.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
  • James mainly gets garbage time minutes due was given a larger role due to all the injuries that Los Angeles was dealing with.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Payton Pritchard touched the ball exactly once before garbage time yet hit one of the most important shots of the night: a miraculous halfcourt prayer as time expired in the first half.
    — Zack Cox, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • Thursday’s appearance was just his 16th in a Celtics uniform, with most of his previous outings coming in garbage time.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025

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