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Sentence Examples I am not going to sit idly by while the national gambling industry seeks to get their hooks in our state and take us down the wrong path. Whilst observing her leg I noticed that hers was hair free and I idly wondered in my dream if she waxed her own legs. He asks it idly, no real concern, and for some reason, it makes her feel just a little lighter. I wondered, idly, if a record producer might be coming down the escalator now and hear this angelic voice and decide he had to sign me up. Did you wish idly while they were children about how you wished you'd done whatever else instead? I idly wondered if there are people who make a hobby out of finding the fake streets on maps. Next time your boss asks you why you are idly staring into space, tell him you are working on that positive gamma wave production. Still leaning forward, she idly dangled the radio from her left hand while twisting the strap around her fingers. Matthew, dithering, takes long coffee breaks at Big Lou's while Pat dreams idly about Bruce. It's funny how when you wonder idly about something, events transpire to answer your question. As we pulled away, I idly wondered why there were so many religious monuments in Lebanon. I idly chatted about subjects of no consequence with my mother and, as usual, we completed each other's sentences. I happened to be idly looking out my window, enviously eyeing up the copious foliage growing in my neighbours' flat. One evening a few weeks ago, whilst idly clicking round a few sites, I happened across a weblog by someone I know. And that doesn't happen for whatever reason, and you idly wonder for how long you can keep it going. It wasn't perfect, but I could picture myself writing at the desk idly watching New York bustling below. China said Friday that it will not stand idly by if the situation gets out of control. Do we continue to sit idly by and let them build a military power that we, as free people, cannot stop? The world cannot stand idly by anymore when innocent people are killed by their leaders. I was standing idly watching the soft padded volleyball as it came flying in my direction. Show More Sentences Other great power states, including Germany, will not stand by idly and let that happen. Jack is idly sitting in the office, discovering the delights of hunting out new screensavers with which to crash his machine. I swore to myself at that time that I would never sit idly by while someone was being discriminated against. It is another thing to say that we must stand idly by and let her take her own life. I cannot sit idly by and observe as your client is psychologically tormented. Two guys were standing idly at the pedestrian crossing, waiting for the lights to change. Can he possibly be standing idly by while millions of accidents wound and kill countless people every day? He realised that he could not sit idly by while racialist groups actively promoted their agenda. His government has stood by idly as the livelihoods of thousands are destroyed. He grinned and started idly drawing shapes down my arm with his index finger. He idly picked his nose and then a large spot on his chin that was troubling him. I received a plain white envelope in today's post, which I idly opened while still bleary-eyed and caffeine-free. Daemon idly wondered how she could move in all those layers of clothes, though her finery was proof that she was truly a noble. He peeled himself away from the shadows and walked over to us, idly playing with his sword. I dropped back down on my bed and patted down some pokey ends of loose fluff and feather down idly, and heard the door open. Wordlessly, he replaced the phone back to its original cradle and idly picked up his jacket and suitcase. Her lion tail flicked idly behind her as she walked towards the nearby creek. And the world will not sit idly by while they flatten the region with daisy-cutters and hyperbolic bombs. The man played idly with a deck of cards, shuffling and re-shuffling with a bit of a smirk on his face. She led them into the living room, where a man of around sixty years was sitting, idly looking at a nearby grandfather clock. Show More Sentences He sat on the rustling emerald grasses of the hill and idly trailed his fingers through his hair. Cal slipped easily through traffic that sat idly waiting to be engorged from one slow moving lane into another. Genoas were doused and mainsails on both boats slatted idly in still air as they passed through the Gap on the quiet high tide. Can we stand idly by while in the name of the fight against terrorism countries are bombed or invaded by the US war machine? Stopping at a red light, I idly watched a couple walking past, deep in an argument. The excitement soon wore off and they sat side by side, idly reading through magazines Alexa had bought. I watched as people fed sweet popcorn to the animals as their supposed keepers stood idly watching. This was all barely registering in Lora's mind as she idly sat, legs close together, on a moist patch of grass in the garden. I picked up a handful of snow from what was left on the bench and mushed it around in my hand idly. Nathan's hands were stuffed in his pockets, his fingers rubbing idly against his pocket lint. His cheeks had such a blush to them that I wondered idly whether he'd rouged them a bit. She entered the lingerie shop, idly browsing and refusing assistance from a saleswoman, taking a roundabout route towards the target. Rainbow lorikeets bathed by, fluttering among wet bottlebrush leaves, and continued idly stripping off leaves and twigs long after sunset. At one checkpoint we were half-heartedly questioned by a bored youth of about 15 who played idly with the safety catch on his Kalashnikov. He idly wondered who the poor saps were who would be saddled with the escort duty on that one. From the long tapering fingers of her right hand a golden chain dangled and swinging idly from its end hung a small iridescent vial. Lately he had become an indolent sea-bather idly scudding in the tepid shallows. She wandered back into the sitting room to find her new commander flipping idly through a book of herbal materia medica. I idly asked, sifting through a pile of grungy, old records he brought over before he'd sell them to the local thrift store. Running his fingers idly over the smooth varnish, he noted the beautiful grain of the wood beneath its thick protective cover. Show More Sentences If people were not transfixed on the band, they at least ceased to idly chatter. In response, the West Coast trucks awaiting that shipment either left empty or sat idly for the two days. Glen plopped down beside us, and idly played with one of my shoestrings as he read through it. As if out of body, he turned and picked her up, idly stroking her head before setting her on the ground. My long cream coloured fingers twirled a black pen, idly, while I thought about home. He uncrumpled the bag from around the water bottle and let the light flimsy plastic drift down behind him, idly fiddling with opening the bottle. There is nothing said idly and unmeaningly in the Scripture, and such a declaration as this especially demands attention. Finally she gave up trying to read and sat at the table bored stiff, the book swinging idly in her fingers. With the modern world getting it in the neck from both The Times and The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph could hardly stand idly by. Sighing, she slide down the tree she had been leaning against and packed a snowball, idly throwing it into the stream in front of her. She picked up the distaff and idly worked on spinning the threads once again, as if tartly trying to find an excuse not to look at him. Whilst observing her leg I noticed that her's was hair free and I idly wondered in my dream if she waxed her own legs. I straightened, stretched and yawned, glancing idly about me, a man awakening from a romantic reverie. Midnight holds his umbrella over his shoulder, while Mandolin is strumming idly on a mandolin. Lori began idly channel-hopping again, guarding the remote jealously after repeated attempts by Angel to kidnap it. Spend a happy hour selecting your books, then idly page through them over a cup of coffee and muffin in the garden. He did not have much of his power back, but he was not willing to stand idly by while his charges were attacked. Inside the gate the maintenance staff, three or four men, sat idly on a charpoy. I am not going to stand idly back to watch any of the democratic ideals that made Canada the envy of nations be injured, sullied or disgraced. Crickets were chirruping idly in the trees, and in the distance, I could see a small child playing with abandoned armaments. Show More Sentences Danielle chats idly to Tim as they twist and turn on the kiddie's swings at a local park. A was idly surfing the web while I hunted for any scrap of cake in the house. I narrowed my eyes and idly patted down my short blond hair that I always kept gelled forward. You may, like me, have been idly wondering what the powerful creative minds behind The Muppet Show are doing these days. I do hope I don't accidentally spy her getting into the shower when I'm idly watching the neighbourhood. I have yet to see the staff sitting idly waiting for a customer. The reporter frowned and idly twirled a black curl between her fingers. Then I was idly wondering what kind of sauce to pair with this pasta. Not about to sit by idly as other categories steal their calcium franchise, dairy processors have turned to fortification to recapture share of stomach. He is flicking idly through the tabloid tittle-tattle, recounting a story of marital strife, laughing at the expense of others, and yet again avoiding work. Sarah idly twirled the white gold band on her wedding finger. Livi laughed, idly twirling a strand of her hair around her finger. He's left idly speculating that his resemblance to his adoptive father isn't evidence that he was the product of his adoptive father with a surrogate mother. Picking one at random, he leafed idly through it as he let his mind work. Recently I was idly passing my time waiting in a shopping centre car park, a favourite haunt of husbands on Saturday mornings while their wives engage in retail therapy. Not all of us will sit idly by while others exploit or undermine us. Damien picked up a photograph from the mantelpiece, toying idly with it. By this he was trying to say that its convenient format allows readers to pick it up and idly flick through one of the nine the punchily written sections. In the park the pigeons flap and coo, and a couple of girls wearing pink headscarves rock idly backwards and forwards on the red swings beside the climbing frame. Employees can hardly sit, idly waiting for new work to come along. Show More Sentences Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers. A dog idly barked, adding to the majestic orchestra that played its beautiful music to the silent audience of nature, lulling everyone into a warm, cordial state of being. As always my favourite is found grazing idly on the flip side. After idly admiring the work for almost a week, Iolas gained the courage to enter his very first gallery. The street vendor, an older man in a baseball hat, sits by idly as tourists flood past the table. He dropped out of school in the ninth grade and has been idly sitting on good intentions about getting a GED ever since. Surely they can't stand idly by while their party leader levels accusations of treason at newspapers just because their coverage is unfavourable to him. Will Americans idly stand by and watch while a handful of perverted cultural demolitionists knock this pillar over? Even when turned off, these devices can idly sip electricity from your outlet costing you money. While the coffee perked, she flipped idly through a gardening magazine and scanned an article on the war against aphids. But then one night my wife and I were idly channel-hopping and we came across a late-night comedy programme called Mrs Brown's Boys. Many might with joy have sought out her liberal dwelling, but no one had idly waited till the moment it was at her disposal. I began idly speculating about what the collective noun might be for the profession. These losers cannot be expected to stand idly by and watch others superannuate them. Patrols of surgeonfish, protected by razor-sharp blades protruding from their tails, idly browse the seaweed. Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life. I idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane. I blew into her ear, and trailed a finger idly down her shoulder until I reached her left jug, the better of a nearly perfect pair. In the children's play area outside, the old Pelton wheel stands there idly, pensioned off but still waiting in vain for the nod to whir back into action. A number of dishes, such as idly, rava idly, Mysore masala dosa, etc. Show More Sentences Let Quakers and others idly dream of such utopical Perfection, and not us. We will not stand idly by and allow the herd instinct to take effect. If Nini Mo were alive today, she would not stand by idly as Califa is sucked ever deeper into lapdoggery, as we bow our heads ever lower to the Birdie yoke. If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly! Obviously, few counselors would sit idly by while little Johnny became a bandit. To do so would be socially unethical and indeed would violate the very philosophy of teaching. Idly running her tongue across the fraenulum, she thinks about work, and how many others in her office of twenty-six people do this. Idly I reeled the little spinner through the blue-green water. Examples from Classical Literature The flat silver box in which he carried his tobacco lay on the table beside him, and she idly took it up. In fact, in the U Pinkasu beer hall Simonov had idly picked up a magazine left by some earlier wassailer. I was gazing idly at the footpath opposite, which is bounded by the Luxembourg railings. She saw doctor McCall idly leaning over the foot-bridge of the creek while he smoked. There he tilted his hatbrim to give shade to his eyes and leaned against the doorcase, looking idly out. Florence was idly in the thoughts, however, of Mrs. balche, the next-door neighbour to the south. Perhaps I happened to be sitting in my folding chair idly smoking a pipe and reading a book. They heard how an explorer named Goren had once stood idly talking and pecking against the wall with a sharp stone when, lo! Now his portion is bitter and guiltless death, or I wander idly from the truth. For every science which is not directed to the divine is shallow, superficial, sensuously negative, and idly rationalizing. Why not live nobly and idly in the most beautiful of cities, under the most beautiful of skies? A humblebee from the Square Garden boomed in and buzzed idly round the room. She saw it first when it was a long distance off, and watched it idly as it drew near. They were all listening idly, inattentively, to a cheap, metallic-toned gramophone that occupied a table near at hand. The Elsinore drifts idly on an idle sea, and we stand regular watches in the shelter of chart-house and jiggermast. At dusk I limped slowly into Kissimmee with the new tans swinging idly on my arm. Sometimes they sunned themselves on the surface, snapping idly at the measurers and whirligigs. He carried a kurbash, a cow-hide whip, which he twirled idly, even suggestively. Then gifts to the gods not unmeet not idly given, with promise from tight-closed lips did she address her vows. But may the whole world sit idly watching the raptures and death-throes of Tristram and Yseult? Show More Sentences Queen Phaedra, when she was in love with Hippolytos, used to recline idly all day long under this same tree. Do you dream that, while you have been revelling, she has been idly whimpering in her chamber? While the roboticist puffed, Mike let his gaze wander idly over the other people in the cafeteria. On the right stood the rouge et noir and roulette tables, idly placed, to make up a show. Once, when she was gone, Martin idly hunted out the Song of Solomon. The effect had been more fitting because so many of them had idly parodied pontifical or monastic dress. Then the Athenians showed that their threats had not been idly uttered. Some say, idly, that religion is losing her hold in these strenuous days. He walked carelessly along the wall, tapping it idly here and there. She lay in a chaise longue, watching it swinging idly at the dock. He remarked each newcomer who idly joined the onlooking throng. George Willard, who had been sitting for an hour idly playing with a lead pencil, greeted him effusively. Such then as loiter and live idly, are not good prelates, or ministers. Mr. Grimm was idly twisting the seal ring on his little finger. Pontellier finally lit a cigar and began to smoke, letting the paper drag idly from his hand. Brander was toying idly with a chain that hung about the woman's neck. Mrs. falchion turned idly upon Ruth and saw the look in her face. The headmaster hesitated a moment, and then, idly drawing lines with a pencil on the blotting paper in front of him, went on. She looked up at Sanders, who was idly pacing the stoep of the Residency. Edna was sitting on the tabouret, idly brushing the tips of a feather duster along the carpet when he came in again. Show More Sentences The sail flapped idly against the mast, and John had it furled. Nor had he spoken idly when he said the old man should be gagged. Gene had idly lifted from the jewel case a locket and had opened it. The man idly wondered what was the plat du jour at the Savoy that evening. Neilson wondered idly what sort of man he had been in his youth. A roach snapped idly at him as he floundered past the shoal. He waited idly for a few minutes, expecting to see them hurry up the line girt for action. With her forefinger she idly traced some hieroglyphics on her lap. Under the window is a small stand of coaches, whose slave-drivers are sunning themselves on the steps of our door, and talking idly together. The instant he had consented to hear her her mind awakened to the serious necessity of averting discovery by any third person who might stray idly into the summer-house. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of idly? Words that rhyme with idly What is the adverb for idly? What is the adjective for idly? What is the noun for idly? Translations for idly Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words idling idli idle talk idlers idler idleness IDN Ido I do i do agree idol idolater 4-letter Words Starting With i id idl