Idle has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | If you are idle, be not solitary, if you are solitary, be not idle. | |
| 2. | You are idle to the bone. | |
| 3. | Some boys are diligent, others are idle. | |
| 4. | I spent idle days during the vacation. | |
| 5. | The machines are idle now. | |
| 6. | It is absurd to idle away the student life. | |
| 7. | I regret having been idle in my school days. | |
| 8. | The rain kept the baseball team idle yesterday. | |
| 9. | But that he was idle, he would have succeeded. | |
| 10. | It is about time you stopped being so idle and did some work. |