idle

Example Sentences

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"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

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

"We may have to go into town or somewhere safer," said Issa Diayri, 31, a truck driver waiting in a roadside garage, his lorry idle for lack of deliveries from Iran.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

It wasn’t a hard life, but no one was standing around idle.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson