Sentence examples for lies idle from inspiring English sources

Much of the Nile cruise fleet lies idle.

The other lies idle, reaping not the fruits of human industry.

Entrepreneurs will see little reason to invest in extra plant and machinery when so much existing capacity lies idle.

Under the Merlin rules, a facility to borrow is the same as a loan, even when it lies idle.

FROM the sheltered waters of Subic Bay in the Philippines to Falmouth on the south coast of England, a vast, swelling armada lies idle.

The grease pencil, once used constantly to mark up photography contact sheets — one of my favorite things to do — now lies idle.

Power plants lie idle.

It is lying idle".

Don't lie idle.

Swathes of production capacity lie idle.

(There were three separate camera crews, often lying idle).