idle
adjective
not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing.
is idling
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present progressiveof idle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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
I can hear the murmurous, gently swelling music of Rotview Balcony, a place of crimson skies and arid landscape, playing from the other room where the game is idling as I type this sentence.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 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
By the time we run back to the entryway, the Ford is idling at the door and the others are already inside.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
