How do you use Idling in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like idleness or loafing, plus the exact meaning.
Idling meaning
present participle and gerund of idle
Synonyms of Idling
Using Idling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of idle
- Useful related words include: idleness, loafing, inactivity.
- In the example corpus, idling often appears in combinations such as: idling in, idling on, idling and.
Context around Idling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Idling
- In this selection, "idling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, van, indefinitely, airport, near, rigs and car stand out and add context to how "idling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about engine idling and an airport idling going through. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "idling" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with idling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The indefinite idling of the mill is a concern," Malashewski said. (11 words)
However, your vehicle will actually warm up faster when it's driven, as opposed to idling. (16 words)
That may soon change even as Stellantis has not announced whether the plant's idling will become permanent or not. (20 words)
If your GPU is running at a temperature of 50°C or higher while idling, it could be an indication of an underlying issue such as poor cooling or inadequate thermal paste application. (33 words)
The two babies were taken from their mother's idling car at around 9.45pm on December 19 when she went inside a Donatos Pizza in Columbus to collect a Door Dash order. (33 words)
In so doing, he made a tenuous climate-change link: wider roads would reduce emissions because people would spend less time idling in their cars; and idling in traffic jams, he suggested. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
In so doing, he made a tenuous climate-change link: wider roads would reduce emissions because people would spend less time idling in their cars; and idling in traffic jams, he suggested.
Craig kept a careful eye on a dark-colored van idling in the dirt median separating lanes of opposing traffic on Highway 58 as Michelle drove in front of him.
Domtar announced last week that starting next month, it is indefinitely idling its decades-old plant on the Spanish River, putting 450 jobs in jeopardy.
However, your vehicle will actually warm up faster when it's driven, as opposed to idling.
If your GPU is running at a temperature of 50°C or higher while idling, it could be an indication of an underlying issue such as poor cooling or inadequate thermal paste application.
If you’ve ever sat at an airport, idling going through your passport and wondering what this and that feature does, then wonder no longer.
Management has noted that dry gas producers elsewhere have also responded to lower natural gas prices that were evident this year by idling rigs.
That may soon change even as Stellantis has not announced whether the plant's idling will become permanent or not.
The couple explain that they heard a ripping sound and saw a red truck idling near the entrance to their community, though they didn’t find the perpetrator.
The two babies were taken from their mother's idling car at around 9.45pm on December 19 when she went inside a Donatos Pizza in Columbus to collect a Door Dash order.
Without an idling jet, the engine would shut off if the throttle were not activated by the driver during idle.
Fewer cars means less congestion, so delivery trucks, industrial vehicles and other cars left on the road will spend less time idling and move more efficiently, reducing their emissions, too, he said.
However, if you're idling or driving at a steady low speed, the valve gradually opens up to begin recycling more exhaust gasses back through the engine.
In the video, an SUV is seen idling on the side of the road, and someone is heard demanding to be let inside the vehicle.
Mullins said the idling of the mill impacts not just Terrace Bay and Schreiber, where "it's our bread and butter," but the entire region.
Ocean City, MD, USA 04-18-2021: A Ford Explorer Police vehicle belonging to Ocean City Police department is idling near the board walk.
One other concern I have is traffic lights are not timed, and stay red way too long which causes unnecessary idling, wasting gas and contributing to air pollution.
The indefinite idling of the mill is a concern," Malashewski said.
They also want more enforcement to reduce excessive idling and speeding and to keep trucks away from parks and schools.
They said: “My concerns about air quality in Ilkeston and Long Eaton stem from an awareness gained following some research about engine idling.
Common combinations with idling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- idling in 8×
- idling on 6×
- idling and 4×
- idling of 4×
- and idling 3×
- an idling 3×
- the idling 3×
- time idling 2×
- while idling 2×
- by idling 2×