‘the mill has been standing _idle_ for eight years’

‘The machines are sitting _idle_ with the ground so wet they cannot work.’

‘I knew Ellen did not make _idle_ threats’

‘Seasoned observers of the unpredictable Scot will know not to take too seriously these _idle_ threats.’

‘ _idle_ students’

‘There’s another myth that Zhao was so lazy and _idle_ that he would only come down to the world on the fifth day of the Chinese Lunar New Year.’

‘10.3 per cent of the workforce is now _idle_ ’

‘These students, bored and _idle_ , may turn to making trouble to gain attention and keep interested in what’s happening around them.’

‘Gold prices overseas have been rising as a large amount of _idle_ money flowed into the gold markets worldwide due to the weak dollar.’

‘Only ultra-wealthy geeks like Allen, who have the interest and the _idle_ cash, can afford to put millions at risk.’

‘at no time in the day must there be an _idle_ moment’

‘During _idle_ moments I read medical journals such as the Australian Women’s Weekly.’

‘he did not want to waste valuable time in _idle_ chatter’

‘Now, little boy, enough of this pointless, _idle_ chit chat.’

‘Nadine kept the engine _idling_ ’

‘Anthony sighed, leaving the car engine _idling_ .’

‘He pulled up hard into the vertical and _idled_ the engines, diminishing any heat source from the F - 22.’

‘Under the proposed bylaw, drivers would be fined $100 for _idling_ their engines for more than three minutes.’

‘Robert _idled_ along the pavement’

‘Chorist, who had taken over from Naheef at halfway, did her best to battle back under Kieren Fallon as the winner _idled_ in front, but she never really looked like overhauling the leader.’

‘four men were _idling_ outside the shop’

‘we _idled_ the afternoon away’

‘he will close the newspaper, _idling_ 2,200 workers’

‘The owner of the Sago Mine, where 12 men died after an explosion last year, said Wednesday it has _idled_ the coal operation because of high production costs and weak prices.’