Sentence examples for idle for years from inspiring English sources

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

Often the facilities stood idle for years until officials decided to use them, he said.

Rape kits, which often have semen and other forensic evidence, can sit idle for years until the police find suspects.

The old money probably entails even bigger volumes, because it includes huge sums that have been sitting idle for years.

Behind where the post office used to be, a huge chunk of land has lain idle for years.

Its new government, keen for foreign inflows to help rebuild the economy, has been approving projects that sat idle for years.

- the "use it or lose it" warning to property developers which some have presented as a "land grab" - has been advocated in the same terms by Tory Mayor of London Boris Johnson who backs the compulsory purchase of land which developers choose to leave idle for year after year.

The "motor of Europe" is indeed sputtering now, but it has been idling for years: not since 1992 has Germany grown faster than the rest of the European Union.Oddly, the present slowdown may mark a change for the better.

Iran's intentions are not a matter of idle speculation: For years, it has been funding and arming Hezbollah and Hamas as they fight Israel.

The nonprofit theater, which was idle for five years, has been in operation for a year.

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