Leisure in example sentence

In his classic The Theory of the Leisure Class, published in 1899, he argued that once the basis of social status became wealth itself – rather than, say, wisdom, knowledge, moral integrity, or skill in battle – the rich needed to find ways of spending money that had no other objective than the display of wealth itself.

More example sentences with word leisure

And it was the custom of those flaneurs to show they were men of leisure by taking turtles for walks and letting the reptile set the pace.

The participants in Improv Everywhere events have just as much leisure time as any other New Yorkers, they just occasionally choose to spend it in an unusual way.

For all their differences, people largely agree on what goes into human well-being: life, health, sustenance, prosperity, peace, freedom, safety, knowledge, leisure, happiness.

Do all of these gains in health, wealth, safety, knowledge and leisure make us any happier?

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