Sentence examples for formerly idle from inspiring English sources
Conventional power stations, some formerly idle, have so far saved the economy from power cuts.
And one couple near Union Square have given up cooking altogether, letting takeout containers stack up as their formerly busy oven sits idle.
There are two events that actually trigger a decision: upon arrival of a request and once a formerly busy vehicle is available and idle again.
Young children formerly employed by dealers as look-outs are laid off, leaving them idle and in poverty.
Two revolutions — the Industrial and the French — made an idle, indulgent, aristocratic life considerably less desirable than it had formerly seemed.
Idle Thumbs is hosted by a crew of San Francisco developers, formerly of such studios as Telltale Games and Double Fine.
"The Saudi economy was in idle mode for 20 years," said John Sfakianakis, the chief economist at SABB, formerly known as the Saudi British Bank, who is based in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.
CoreCivic, formerly known as CCA, told investors on Feb. 17 that the company has nine idle prisons that can hold a total of 8,700 people.
