idle

Example Sentences

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GM said this week it would idle the Detroit factory where it builds the big electric trucks that Magna supplies, due to weak demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Uploads and downloads were fast and didn’t idle.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

With each essay, I peel off the layer of idle ease that is the A.I. generation and see what remains: only hints of a life, of a story, of a human.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

It said Facebook can "choose to be idle and keep feeding users fast-food, but that only works for so long".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

It wasn’t the idle chat of servants, but someone speaking rapidly, almost chanting.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas