Sentences with idle
i·dle
I i - ...idle bureaucrats who spent the day reading newspapers.
- Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
- A vibration and noise just off idle is often traced to an exhaust.
- We used to invent things to change our world — not just to satisfy idle whims and lazy desires.
- It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.
- It was more of an idle threat than anything.
- In BRIT, usually use shut down
- When they reached his house, Scobie idled a bit, finishing his cigarette. [VERB]
- Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled. [VERB]
- idle pleasures
- He idled the hours away
- idle talk
- An idle wish
- idle rumors
- idle machines
- idle hours
- To idle away one's youth
- An engine at idle
- Let the engine idle for a few minutes after coming to a stop, then shut it down and let it cool.A control program puts the car in neutral when it is idling, even when the gear selector is in another position.If an engine or shaft idles, it turns without doing anything useful, for example moving a vehicle forward or making another part move.
- Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
- Now the machine is lying idle.
- To idle in an IRC channel
- idle hours; My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.
- idle workmen
- An idle fellow
- An idle story; idle talk; idle rumor
- idle workers.
- idle hours.
- idle machinery.
- idle talk.
- idle fears.
- idle pleasures.
- idle threats.
- idle rage.
- To idle along the avenue.
- To idle away the afternoon.
- The strike idled many workers.
- I waited in the car while idling the engine.
- A cold engine that stalls at idle.