Sentence examples for idle in front of from inspiring English sources

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The Sanko Amity, a green-and-red tanker, was sitting idle in front of the refinery.

Rows of three-wheeled tuk-tuk taxis stood idle in front of empty Internet cafes and foot-massage parlors.

Young men with gang tattoos and blue bandanas idle in front of stores, eyeing all who pass.

Every window seems to have concluded its broadcast day, though in houses down below people idle in front of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E".

In one striking street shot from the 1890's, men in bowler hats walk up Main Street; two dogs play in the middle of the muddy street; a work crew puts in paving blocks; and horse-drawn carriages stand idle in front of stores, including one with a sign reading "yeast delivery".

Often when I did have a job, I quit, realizing that, in fact, laboring behind the counter in the service economy for minimum wage paid less than sitting at home idle in front of my PC, waiting for a gig in the gig economy, posting and selling comics, or trading virtual items in online games.

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A mile away, a line of cars idled in front of the Hollis Auto Shell Station on Ash Street, waiting to fuel up.

He gestured toward an unmarked van idling in front of the house, and seemed angry when I told him that I wasn't interested.

It was so cold that the two Secret Service cars idling in front of the White House had icicles hanging off their exhaust-spewing tailpipes.

From a few hundred yards away I noticed that a line of Humvees was idling in front of the center, about to move out.

Trump Tower is, after all, a shopping mall, so as their chartered bus idled in front of the building, they hurried inside -- to use the bathroom.

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