idle hours
Example Sentences
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But in the bargain, you are freeing yourself from worry about aerodynamics or the chronic shortage of U.S. air traffic controllers and gaining access to ground-level scenery and idle hours.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
During idle hours in Vienna, State Department officials would debate who would portray top negotiators in a movie version of the Iran deal.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2018
Now some schoolchildren are spending more time at the soccer field or the skating rink while parents are kept anxiously waiting and trying to fill those idle hours.
From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2018
He decided to sign up with Uber as a way of filling idle hours.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2017
Looking for something to fill his idle hours with, Gaston became accustomed to spending the morning in Melquíades’ room with the shy Aureliano.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
