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Meanings of enforced idleness in English

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Usage of enforced idleness in English
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He was beginning to see the dark side of this enforced idleness.
Brewster's Millions
2
What gale that ever blew could offer such compensation for enforced idleness?
The Wings of the Morning
3
The soul enduring enforced idleness and loss of power without repining.
Poems Every Child Should Know / The What-Every-Child-Should-Know...
4
The Jam-wagon, as if disgusted at our enforced idleness, slumbered at the bow.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
5
A FEW weeks of employment were succeeded by another period of enforced idleness.
The Rise of David Levinsky
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The evening passed slowly for Desmond in his enforced idleness.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
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The enforced idleness gave her an indefinite sense of guilt.
The Portion of Labor
8
It also touches on his own ill-health and enforced idleness.
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman
9
For days of peace were at hand-longdays of barrack routine and enforced idleness.
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
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I cannot get used to this life of enforced idleness.
The Guardian
11
Moreover, he was half angry at his enforced idleness here.
Triple Spies
12
In his enforced idleness Mendel fell back on his religion, almost a profession in itself.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
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The enforced idleness causes the muscular tissue to become tender and filled with stored nutriment.
The Dollar Hen
14
Graeme, in his enforced idleness, was more deeply in love with Constance now than ever.
Constance Dunlap
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The enforced idleness made her wander through the house, pottering about first here, then there.
The preacher
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Their time in Wyoming was so limited that they begrudged an hour of enforced idleness.
Two Boys in Wyoming: A Tale of Adventure / (Northwest Series, No...
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