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Example sentences for: idly

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

Our profession, however, did not sit idly by.
--Prudie, idly
His languid figures lined up across the canvas do almost nothing; they can sometimes work up the energy to idly pluck a lute, or to roll the dice on a backgammon table (see , at the Metropolitan).
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.