idle hours
Example Sentences
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The last argument for renting is that you pay only for the hours you use, and those idle hours are disappearing as more of the work runs through AI.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
When kids invent friends to play with, they’re showing how fertile they are with their idle hours, and how resilient and efficient the brain can be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
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
That leaves West Virginia’s parents anxiously trying to fill their children’s idle hours with something besides play video games, and teachers showing rising discontent as the strike drags on amid concerns about their own income.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2018
Reluctantly, unwilling to give up the elegance he had felt on the flight, he taxied from the airport to the bus station and settled himself for two idle hours before the Greyhound left.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
