Sentence examples for idly standing from inspiring English sources

A linear relationship was observed between stocking density and the percentage of cows lying, standing, and idly standing in an alley.

Their on-camera placement was weird, with everyone idly standing around staring at the back of Clarkson's head like a listless zombie plague.

Towards Christmas, he is idly standing by a display of his own DVDs in HMV, when is compelled to reach for one, and topped by a concerned bystander.

Thus, the Brewers appear to be violating their covenants with the people of Wisconsin and with the players' union, as the commissioner seems to be idly standing by.

The instant the grenades landed, two young men, one of whom had been idly standing with his arm around a girl, ran over, picked them up, and threw them back over the wall, where they exploded.

Faced with that challenge, the United States and Europe are not idly standing by.

The Taliban are not standing idly by.

Standing idly by is not much of a policy.

But neither are we spectators standing idly by.

Ms. Boone, for one, is not standing idly by.

I'm just here because everyone is standing idly by".