idle hours
Example Sentences
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Those idle hours provided the early education that would prepare him for his current role.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022
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
He decided to sign up with Uber as a way of filling idle hours.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2017
The effort to define, or merely understand, the relationship between Lawrence and Oppenheimer consumed the idle hours of many who knew or worked with them.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
