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
But in the bargain, you are freeing yourself from worry about aerodynamics or the chronic shortage of U.S. air traffic controllers and gaining access to ground-level scenery and idle hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
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
Her furrowed-brow, thinking-hard expression looked not unlike Penelope’s, although Penelope had no way of knowing that, as she was not the sort of person who spent her idle hours staring into mirrors.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
