Sentence examples for idle are from inspiring English sources
Nor, with plenty of capacity sitting idle, are firms likely to go on an investment binge.
Therefore spectacles and the countless hosts of vanities by which they who cannot endure to be entirely idle are occupied, but to their greater harm.
What rough edges there are — a stiff clutch, thin seat padding and some unhappy engine noises at idle — are quickly overwhelmed by the bountiful horsepower and effortless cornering.
The motorcycle's low-slung silhouette and guttural idle are recognizable to any Westerner who has seen black-and-white newsreels of German troops during World War II.
With the film adaptation (Bright Young Things) about to hit our screens, it appears that the young, rich and idle are as alive - and as squiffy - as ever before.
Processor utilization and idle time analysis can be conducted by introducing a new TA with a single location with the stop-watch expression u t i l ′ == !i d l i n g && i d l e ′ == i d l i n g where util and idle are two new clock variables and idling a boolean variable that is set whenever a task is executing.
Idle was tired, but optimistic.
Her idle is set very high.
The chair was empty because Idle was standing.
My brain, on idle, is a bad thing.
