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
Some producers think idle hours have led customers to their products.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2020
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
Now some schoolchildren are spending more time at the soccer field or the skating rink while parents are kept anxiously waiting and trying to fill those idle hours.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 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
