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:

Idle Hands
If your word is no good, you `paint someone a violin' pintarle un violín . Empty, idle words are `white words' las palabras blancas ; I could just be `pulling your leg' tomar el pelo , literally, `to take the hair.
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.
The Indian Airlines plane hijacked Friday en route to New Delhi from Katmandu remained idle in southern Afghanistan yesterday, while hijackers issued demands.
The words man, well hard, wicked , and swear-words are not simply idle padding for a sentence, they are an intrinsic part of the language.