idle
Example Sentences
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But the effort to get his orchestra on its feet was not an idle gesture.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
And when my thoughts go idle, they drift to new happy memories that I’ve made all myself: A rainbow over a mountain range after a terrifying hail storm in Texas.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
The report estimates the cumulative annual cost of a million idle youth at £125 billion, or nearly $168 billion—more than Britain spends on education each year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The physical bottleneck clears only if power, grid, cooling and construction scale fast enough to keep the money being spent from sitting idle in a queue.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
“Do you think this drill is made to toy with like a lotus flower? If Pai sees me idle here...”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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