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
Those idle hours provided the early education that would prepare him for his current role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Stephen Lipman, a fine artist in the Bronx, feels it in the idle hours — once a cherished time to work on his art, now drained of ideas or motivation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 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
He saw her as he imagined her in all the idle hours he spent dreaming of her.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
