idle hours
Example Sentences
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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
Not because I hate sleeping in, going to yoga class, and hanging out with the people I love, but because idle hours tempt me to check Facebook.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2016
Looking for something to fill his idle hours with, Gaston became accustomed to spending the morning in Melquíades’ room with the shy Aureliano.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
