Sentence examples for idle for from inspiring English sources

That left people idle for long stretches.

The plant had been idle for the year-end holidays.

Our lines lie idle for 99.4% of the time.

Before that he was idle for 16 months.

But he will not be idle for long.

Finally, the exercisers "detrained," remaining idle for four weeks.

As a result, commerce waits as trucks idle for hours in long lines.

Ready plants lie idle for want of connections to the network.

After making "Capote," Bennett Miller was idle for six years before making "Moneyball".

He has been idle for the last year and a half, said his worried grandmother.

Construction workers have been idle for years, with little hope of imminent work.