Sentence examples for very idle from inspiring English sources

He was very idle, like he was last year.

The authors of the piece must be presumed to aim at even a higher purpose than the amusement of a very idle hour.

In 1756 Isaac Ware, an architect, wrote that it was "very idle" to try to grow flowers in the city: better to pave over the whole backyard and be done with it.

As a young man, Henry Fane had been described as "very idle and careless and spending much time in the country".

A very fine idle: Mr. Gasby's last birthday gift to her was a Mercedes-Benz SL500.

If you are learning to get up, have the boat drag you very slowly (idle) in a straight line.

"He has to be very still and idle for the next week to 10 days, so you won't see him out here on the practice field," Garrett said.

Todd McCarthy, the veteran film reviewer for Variety who was let go from that position on Monday, will not be idle for very long.

That means letting the motor run very slowly, almost at idle, providing an insistent and unpleasant throbbing noise and occasional puffs of drifting blue smoke.

But … now out it comes, shouldering aside even the most passionate love affairs and the most satisfying achievements, to make a very old woman's idle days pleasant instead of boring".

When your screenwriting debut is viewed as a a bellwether for the viability of female-oriented comedies and becomes one of the biggest successes of the season, it's safe to say the film industry won't let you stay idle for very long.