is idling
- present progressive of idle (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Other facilities in Yokohama allow a ship that is idling at the port to be powered electronically instead of burning heavily polluting marine fuel oil.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
One of the released videos, from a dashboard camera inside the cruiser of Officer Nathan Lenhart, starts as the police car is idling on Wayne Avenue.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
Vice President Mike Pence announced on Friday that 19 crew members and two passengers of that ship, which is idling off the cost of San Francisco, had so far tested positive for the coronavirus.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2020
The prospect of missing the 2020 goal doesn’t mean recycling machinery is idling.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2018
My drawing pad is open in my lap, and my pencil is idling in my hand, the eraser tap-tap-tapping against the corner of the page.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
