How to pronounce idling
Listen to idling in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“idling” in real sentences
89 clips in the index · 10 American · 41 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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idling outside schools through a campaign highlighting idling at schools that we initiated last year.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Don’t leave your car idling.
USGS · hear it here
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They have not been idling and collecting unemployment insurance.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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countryside or idling while having a drink in a cafe.
The School of Life · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of idling. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.