Sentence examples for whiling away time from inspiring English sources

And if they are not part of the problem, nor are they seen as part of the solution – they are past it, in our consciousness, whiling away time, while the youth are actively engaged in change.

The real Fante was often a darker character than his fiction acknowledged, whiling away time with drinking, gambling and golf.

But he also trained his camera on children shelling pecans to earn pennies a day, Jim Crow segregated staircases, prostitutes whiling away time between clients and chain gangs building roads.

With motion simulators, a model of the International Space Station and artifacts from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, SpacePort was designed to attract space aficionados as well as travelers whiling away time between flights.

By the time I sat down for my final oral interview, I had spent hours whiling away time in waiting rooms with families who had put so much more on the table.

The site is a good way to check out the weather anywhere but also a dandy excuse for whiling away time online in some dreary hotel room, checking critical data like the current state of the jet stream or wind conditions at 34,000 feet over Montana.

Expelled from school because of her father's disgrace, she whiled away time making wire puzzles.

Little wren busy and happy with domestic chores, allowed no other bird near, male or female; whiled away time by laying eggs.

WASHINGTON — Revelations that Rich Iott, a Republican Congressional candidate from Ohio, once whiled away time dressing up as a Nazi have not been fortunate for his candidacy.

The faithful Democrats at the convention here, many of whom follow politics as closely as some Americans follow their favorite sports teams, whiled away time between speeches and meetings by debating the prospective candidates in 2016.

A talented artist, she whiled away time on set by painting portraits of other cast members.