idle away
Example Sentences
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In al-Souq al-Arabi, labourers, electricians, and others who would typically be at building sites idle away the time drinking tea and playing board games while they wait for work.
From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2022
"Ah, well, I can't idle away a luv'ly morning like this," he muses, lying abed with the sun high.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Gene Forrester and the rest of the 16-year-olds, two years away from soldiering and left to themselves by a lackadaisical summer-session faculty, idle away the last of their childhood.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a boy, he used to idle away hours in the trees.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Not very wise, Hermes. What proper employment can they engage in, that way? I foretell the future; Aesculapius cures diseases; you are a good messenger—but these two—are they to idle away their whole time?”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
