Sentence examples for as idle from inspiring English sources

For years she had been productive at work and as idle as anything in the evenings.

I decided I wanted to be as idle as the workers in the Cultural Bureau and become a writer".

But to expect Beijing to strong-arm Pyongyang into compliant behaviour is as idle as looking to South Africa to bring President Mugabe to heel.

However, it should be noticed that in realistic WBAN environment, the wireless link is not as idle as we expected.

But doctors in medieval Europe weren't as idle as it may seem, as a new analysis of the oldest-known preserved human dissection in Europe reveals.

Shapiro sternly dismisses this as idle gossip.

In Muse's world, this counts as idle banter.

But family members dismissed it as idle talk.

Mr. Norcross dismissed that talk as idle speculation.

It never comes across as idle virtuosity; each flourish magnifies the text.

North Korea The country began as idle speculation, and has quickly become the main suspect.