| Nathan's hands were stuffed in his pockets, his fingers rubbing idly against his pocket lint. |
| Stopping at a red light, I idly watched a couple walking past, deep in an argument. |
| Can we stand idly by while in the name of the fight against terrorism countries are bombed or invaded by the US war machine? |
| Rainbow lorikeets bathed by, fluttering among wet bottlebrush leaves, and continued idly stripping off leaves and twigs long after sunset. |
| At one checkpoint we were half-heartedly questioned by a bored youth of about 15 who played idly with the safety catch on his Kalashnikov. |
| He idly wondered who the poor saps were who would be saddled with the escort duty on that one. |
