has idled
- present perfect of idle (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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New Zealand has idled three of its nine navy vessels and retired its P-3 Orion air fleet early as workers leave the military for higher pay elsewhere.
From Reuters ● Apr. 18, 2023
While Johnson’s case has idled, Arbery’s killers have been convicted and sentenced in state and federal courts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
For days, the ship has idled off the coast as Princess and American officials have tried to figure out what to do.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2020
Christopher Dye, an infectious disease expert at the University of Oxford, says his lab has idled much of its normal research.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 17, 2020
I have tried to be a locksmith, to gain more; but when one from his infancy has idled on the river and in the woods, one can't do anything else; it is done for life.
From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène
