Use of idle in Sentences. 18 Examples
The examples include idle at the start of sentence, idle at the end of sentence and idle in the middle of sentence
idle at the start of sentence
- Idle young, needy old.
- Idle folks lack no excuses.
- Idle folks have most labour.
- Idle young, needy age [old].
- Idle such as vinegar, can soften the spirit of the calcareous; diligent like alcohol, can burn the flame of wisdom.
idle at the end of sentence
- I can't afford to be idle.
- Half these factories now stand idle.
- She never lifts a finger to help. She's bone idle.
idle in the middle of sentence
- Don't idle away your time.
- It was just an idle threat .
- She's a great one for idle gossip .
- He did not idle away his entire vacation.
- Men are left idle when machines break down.
- Many people were idle during the depression.
- It's foolish to idle away one's precious time.
- I don't know why I asked—just idle curiosity.
- Time is life and when the idle man kills time,he kills himself.
- To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious.
Sentence Examples for Similar Words:
- groundless
- , jobless
- , light
- , unwarranted
- , stagnate
- , laze
- , dead
- , slug
- , wild
- , baseless
- , loose
- , unused
- , out of work
- , unfounded
