Explore Idles through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Idles meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of idle
Using Idles
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of idle
- In the example corpus, idles often appears in combinations such as: idles and.
Context around Idles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Idles
- In this selection, "idles" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, guest, jam, money, show, pixies and outside stand out and add context to how "idles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include audience during idles show on and fans of idles and both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "idles" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with idles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When no traffic is passed, the line idles at the "mark" state. (12 words)
Wednesday, February 7: Guests include Carey Mulligan, Alan Cumming and musical guest Idles. (13 words)
Their money idles in a complicated supply chain that merely begins with Ticketmaster. (13 words)
He was eating peanut butter and jam on toast when he took the call to say he'd been shortlisted, his name on the list of 12 alongside fellow rappers including Dave and Little Simz, and bands such as The 1975, Foals and IDLES. (44 words)
The boat was lifted above the heads of the thousands-strong audience during Idles’ show on the Other Stage, with revellers believing the crowdsurfing was part of the Friday night performance. (31 words)
With odds of 6/1, newcomer slowthai is currently joint-second favourite, alongside three-time nominees Foals and Anna Calvi, with Dave, IDLES and The 1975 the favourites at 4/1. (31 words)
Example sentences (10)
The boat was lifted above the heads of the thousands-strong audience during Idles’ show on the Other Stage, with revellers believing the crowdsurfing was part of the Friday night performance.
Wednesday, February 7: Guests include Carey Mulligan, Alan Cumming and musical guest Idles.
As huge fans of IDLES and both Michel Gondry and Olivier Gondry, the team were excited at the prospect and are now thrilled to show the world the results.
Duran Duran, Pearl Jam, Idles, Pixies, Grace Jones, Nile Rodgers and Chic and more to be announced.
Their money idles in a complicated supply chain that merely begins with Ticketmaster.
He was eating peanut butter and jam on toast when he took the call to say he'd been shortlisted, his name on the list of 12 alongside fellow rappers including Dave and Little Simz, and bands such as The 1975, Foals and IDLES.
With odds of 6/1, newcomer slowthai is currently joint-second favourite, alongside three-time nominees Foals and Anna Calvi, with Dave, IDLES and The 1975 the favourites at 4/1.
A Kelowna police cruiser idles outside a home on Sutherland Avenue, where shots were reportedly fired on Monday evening.
You suspect every night on an Idles tour is a messy celebration – not for nothing is their second album named – but somehow, the normal rules banning crowd-surfing are suspended tonight.
When no traffic is passed, the line idles at the "mark" state.
Common combinations with idles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: