Sentence examples for idling away time from inspiring English sources

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But it's also a bit like home for Severine where champagne cocktails, idling away time reading the paper, doing crossword puzzles and, well, hanging around is practically seamless with her real stay-at-home life.

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They idled away time on still waters with painting, carving, modeling, engraving and even embroidery.

The structure's popularity is almost guaranteed: as a staging post for river boats or a meeting place to idle away time on the river.

Abbott has not exactly been idling away his time since those early glory days of Shameless.

The prosecution showed surveillance video footage of him pacing in front of the building, idling away the time, punching numbers on his cellphone.

"The government should be alarmed at reports of prisoners idling away their time in their cells rather than being on courses or working.

In "2001," characters voyage to the moon much as they would go from New York to Los Angeles: snoozing, making credit-card calls, idling away the time with videos and dubious meals.

"Anybody got any burgers in there?" Mr. Bush said at one point today, suddenly and unexpectedly sticking his head into a briefing room where reporters were idling away the time.

"The government should be alarmed at reports of prisoners idling away their time in their cells rather than being on courses or working," he added.

After ensuring that all persons are using their physical body to do some productive work like cleaning rooms, washing dishes with hands, everyday and are not just idling away their time (if they are got to step 2 ), peace will start prevailing in home.

Interestingly most of these still are in production somewhere, idling away waiting for the right time to become sentient and strike.

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