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Example sentences for: idly

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While cops stood idly by, mobs trashed the buildings listed above, but they spared the Levi's outlet across the street from the American Center, and rentals of that marvelous Nora Ephron movie remain high, notes Steven Erlanger in the New York Times , so some good has come from these tragic events.
It concluded, "Japan cannot afford to stand idly by: China's difficulties make ours look small in comparison."
After the arrival of Estrich, Bennett and I also wondered idly whether she would seize the chance to misrepresent our conversation as something unseemly, about which Bennett should be embarrassed.
Sand and sun Cuba certainly has, but most visitors who dare to step away from the beach will find it simply too beguiling to spend a whole holiday lying idly in front of their hotels.
Our profession, however, did not sit idly by.