Sentence examples for stood idle from inspiring English sources

Processing plants stood idle.

Expensively leased planes stood idle.

Young men stood idle on street corners.

American regulators stood idle as the housing bubble inflated.

Voters waited helplessly as the scanners stood idle.

Some of the pipes may have suffered during the time they stood idle.

The Eurostar arrived from Paris and stood idling at the platform where London-bound passengers boarded.

The commander took him aside and said, "We the people have to go on, or we will be left with nothing". Nearby, an Israeli ambulance stood idling.

The test track stands idle.

Even now, unused apartments still stand idle.

Fueling and maintenance trucks stand idle.