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Example sentences for: idly

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--Prudie, idly
It concluded, "Japan cannot afford to stand idly by: China's difficulties make ours look small in comparison."
Our profession, however, did not sit idly by.
, Anthony Lewis in the New York Times ) accused the Clinton administration of idly standing by while the Communist tyrant oppresses his people.
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.