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idling

adjective as in lounging

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Example Sentences

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A stranger jumped inside the idling vehicle and took off at around 6:38 p.m.

Mr Carter said individuals and organisations needed to make real changes and called for legislation to prevent cars idling while waiting at the side of the road.

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Port roads jammed with diesel trucks, oil refineries processing fuel, ships idling to be unloaded, make for some of the worst air in the state.

Suddenly I was no longer idling in my parked car, phone propped up on my steering wheel.

Escobar became a shop steward but didn’t think of getting more involved in labor leadership until the early 2000s, when drivers twice crashed into his idling fire truck.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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