Sentence examples for been idled from inspiring English sources

Lives have been idled, on hold for war.

Four coal mines have been idled recently because they are no longer viable.

A sixth plant, a joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citro? has also been idled.

Some of the facilities in the exporting countries have been idled for 10 years.

Wormuth, an emergency-room physician, had been idled by a lack of serviceable generators at Oschner Clinic.

Already thousands of workers have been idled because coastal Louisiana east of the Mississippi River has been closed down.

Also, 20 ethanol plants have now been idled and one has closed for good thanks to the corn shortage.

Fishing and shrimping boats that normally ply the gulf's waters have been idled amid a fishing ban.

Two years ago, as a result of cheaper natural gas prices, Dow Chemical restarted an ethylene plant that had been idled for four years near Hahnville, Louisiana.

The commerce secretary noted that three U.S. companies with mining operations have been idled in recent years.

Steel mills, tractor plants, mines and construction sites have been idled across Russia and unemployment is rising.