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Meanings of idling in английском

португальский
ociosidade
каталонский
ociositat

Having no employment.

ociosidade
Usage of idling in английском
1
A police car was outside, with a detention van idling behind it.
Layover in dubai
2
Bernie waited, engine idling, just in case some stray polyp had escaped.
Anvil Gate
3
Then there were however many more stood by in that idling car.
Frozen Heat
4
There is no idling, rather some new-fangled way to deliver electricity cleanly.
Wired
5
It was not seemly for them to be idling in the drawing-rooms.
Halcyone
6
They paused, idling in the road, leaning out their windows to talk.
Osprey island
7
For a moment they just sat in the idling car, not talking.
Under the dome: a novel
8
I thank you, Mr. Glenarm; but I am not much for idling.
The House of a Thousand Candles
9
While I have been idling in my bed something dreadful has happened.
Mark Hurdlestone; Or, The Two Brothers
10
He left the engine idling to run the winch and the hoist.
Under the dome: a novel
11
He did not succeed in catching anyone idling or smoking or talking.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
12
Both of them got out while the driver kept the engine idling.
Swan Song
13
The Toyota was idling behind the dugout of a small baseball diamond.
Mysterious Skin
14
He was idling in Pall Mall, avoiding a man here and there.
The Vultures
15
They were working three days a week, and idling the other days.
Thrift
16
She followed him through the manufactory, which was full of idling workers.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
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Translations for idling
португальский
ociosidade
Idling through the time
Idling across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common