idle

“You are not an idle passenger of history. You get to control the impact that technology has on you and your society.”

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

As shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz gradually recovers, major Persian Gulf oil producers are racing to bring idle wells back online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The remaining 35% of idle capacity gives Meta an additional monetization lever.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

The pair are working on AI applications that could run on computing power in idle Teslas.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

There was less idle talk each time I came.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

There is an almost continuous succession of scenes in which Nicholson sketches this idler, lover, jokester, manipulator, con man, gambler, loner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

Oh, that would be the uncle who willed his farm and estate to Onegin, a charming idler.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2020

What’s missing is a palpable grit, particularly in Whitted’s performance, that would help us to a belief in Hal’s head-spinning pivot from idler and carouser to beloved hero of the realm.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2019

The album title, she said, refers to the role of the idler wheel in an engine, which does not propel directly but is connected to everything.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2012

He was no idler, and preferred work to play.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon

Shettleston is one of Britain’s poorest, idlest and sickest places; at 64, male life expectancy is 15 years below the national average and falling.

From Economist ● Jul. 10, 2014

On the idlest previous day in the history of the bureau, Feb. 25, 1932, there had been 56 licenses issued.

From Time Magazine Archive

There it remains, behind spiked railings, the idlest monument of a whim.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh

He said that he was one of the idlest of men.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry

Keeping an eye upon Dimber Joe, who continued his lounging and novel reading, and who was, to all appearances, the idlest and most care-free man in Trafton.

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.

On a warm day in mid-May, Grohl appears relaxed and self-assured — but not arrogant — as she idles on a sofa in a cozy Studio City ADU owned by her publicist.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

As I sit in the car with C after the second ICE vehicle sped off, the remaining Wagoneer idles midblock—right in front of C’s house.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2026

An on-board computer steers the kite into the prevailing current, then idles it at slack tide, maintaining a constant depth in the water column.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2021

“Billy never idles, so why should you?” the ’80s MTV star growls in a public service announcement intended to shame New Yorkers into shutting the engine off.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2020

A line of black town cars idles at the curb while their drivers smoke and chat with each other.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The Vibe draws random remarks of praise all the time: Shortly after we moved, a construction worker in Ann Arbor waved me down as I idled at a stoplight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

His girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, idled their car in a disabled parking spot, accompanied by the couple’s other child.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026

He voiced his rage over an empty reservoir, idled fire trucks and what he called dangerous brush clearance policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Then there is MP, which restarted the Mountain Pass mine in 2018 External link after it had idled in 2015.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

I killed the headlights one last time and idled up my driveway.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The officer walked up to my idling Impala and informed me that my left taillight was out.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

The parking lot would prevent port-bound trucks from idling near schools and parks, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

Missing from the gathering: attendees in flamboyant orange bitcoin suits roaming the halls and Lamborghinis idling out front—the flashy hallmarks of crypto’s boom years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

"I don't think anyone who is struggling with fuel costs would benefit from sitting in an idling queue with their engines turning over and their fuel being wasted."

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

We walk past the Hub and through the open gate, watching, waiting, as others file onto idling buses that will take them to the train station and airports and home.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed