Words similar to idle

Example sentences for: idle

How can you use “idle” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He thus saw steal away, Dozing out all his idle noons,
Peak Net.Jet software uses idle modem time to download pages it thinks--based on pages you frequent--you probably want to read.
Paxon's hasty departure and whatever invisible machinations lie behind it show that the devil makes work for idle hands.
Wolf mixes up all these types of desire but, too often, her recollections fall under the heady province of idle, juvenile Desire No.
As long as a movie is kept at a high enough idle, the thinking goes, the viewer won't mind an engine knock or two when it comes to credibility.