idle
Example Sentences
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The Sparks are idle in the first round and will make picks in the second and third rounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
"But it's not lost on me that these are not idle threats," Balmer said.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Uploads and downloads were fast and didn’t idle.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
Meanwhile, the two U.S. battery plants GM spent billions of dollars to build are idle, unable to make the cheaper batteries that the automaker needs for the $30,000 vehicle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
While the boys and I kept our eye on the National Science Fair, the Coalwood mine continued to be idle.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing idle
Some Tricky Homonyms
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The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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