Sentence examples for on idle from inspiring English sources
The plane diverted to Athens with one engine on idle, but as he came into land, Rackham increased the power of that engine, which proved to be a lifesaving action.
The banks were happy to receive one-fourth of one percent interest risk-free on idle excess reserves.
At the moment, the CEC starts one sub-calculation per row on idle VMs.
If we're not ready to put down our devices for even a few minutes between one meeting and the next, allowing our brains to sit on idle for respite, we're running our engines into the ground (but we can't, of course, trade them in every three years).
The phrase is on the screen savers that pop up on idle computers around headquarters.
"Today I'm going over the house with the engines on idle.
And surely they do not have time to spend on idle thought?
"Obey your colourist, bleach it all away," she sings on Full on Idle.
Automatic watches usually have a power reserve averaging 36 hours, and most can run on idle for a few days.
In the other, which dates from 1628-29, he is still and grave, his vitality on idle, as in the Kenwood picture.
