Sentence examples for idle atmosphere from inspiring English sources

In his review in The New York Times, Brooks Atkinson praised the author and the actors for a "feat of magic" in conjuring "the waiting and idle atmosphere of a small town in Texas".

On my visits, I did, too — the 120-seat restaurant had too many empty white-clothed tables, and too many servers idled, creating a less than festive atmosphere.

It features a romance between a rugged yet brilliant political appointee from Minnesota (Craig) and Margaret Severance, a member of a "frivolous, idle" family dwelling in a "sickly, sycophantic atmosphere".

This salary allows filmmakers to pay their rent and spend much of their day idling at the Rawda, which has the atmosphere of a perpetual, brooding salon.

Ironically, most of the march was spent crawling between snaking lines of traffic, around idling engines spewing extra carbon into the atmosphere.

Today, in a much sleepier atmosphere, an Internet store operates in the shadow of the idle, multitiered and creaking steam-powered sugar plant.

Exhaust fumes pollute the atmosphere, even though posted signs decree this a "No Idling Zone" and students berate their parents for violating it.

"I was only idling for a minute, and I explained that it uses more gas and pollutes the atmosphere more to turn the engine off and back on again," he said.

Republicans cannot simply stand idle and wait for the Democrats to meet them halfway, instead they must also be pragmatic and create an atmosphere of teamwork; they must compromise.

Idle Wives.

Idle hands".