Sentence examples for idle about from inspiring English sources

The move will temporarily idle about 1,800 workers, the company said.

A legal standoff is threatening to idle about 240 workers and extend a cleanup that costs $1 million a day.

That, and the agency's plans to retire or idle about 2,700 megawatts of coal-fired power plants helped inform the decision.

But the heftiest cost will be paying federal workers for time they spent idle — about 800,000 workers were barred from working.

It seems there is nothing idle about chatter, which holds together a diverse, dynamic group whether of hunter-gatherers, soldiers, or workmates.

Perched right on the edge of the rocks, there's nothing idle about the cooking here, which is in the hands of the young chef, Guy Owen.

We were there very early and were idling about near the front.

Ford is idling about 5,000 of its hourly employees, in addition to the estimated 500 workers it has in the jobs bank.

Do you think it gave him a bad hangover once?" "They've figured more of us will be drinking cider on park benches soon so might as well tax us more while we're idling about," reasoned KenBarlow.

"Shiftless When Idle" bounced about like the Buzzcocks, with power chords swiped from the radio-friendly Clash.

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines "flaneur" as "an idle man-about-town".