That is, to a casual observer he would have seemed to be doing nothing of importance.
The artist spent the greater part of the forenoon in his studio, doing nothing of importance.
Rural England must be very lovely, I fancy, just at this time, and you would enjoy spending a few days with your friend, doing nothing at all, watching the sea and drinking tea beside the open windows.
As in all imperial residences, the time is spent here in doing nothing, while waiting for something to happen.
Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothingthat we ought to do.
Before long he would become in your hands the wisest of men; and beginning by doing nothing, you would have accomplished a marvel in education.
I am recommending a difficult art to you, young teacher,--the art of governing without rules, and of doing everything by doing nothing at all.
You are troubled at seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing.
Excuse me a minute; I see that Carpenter is doing nothing.
They never talked, and seemed always completely occupied in doing nothing.
By doing nothing to secure relief he had acquiesced, even if the evidence could now be gathered, which was more than doubtful.
Here I may surely begin my new life, and enjoy the luxury of doing Nothing.
Let me write down the results of my first day's experience of the Art of doing Nothing, and let the reader settle the question for me.
If one was sure of campaigns, I don't think that I could possibly bring myself to leave the service; but it is the probability of being kept, for three or four years at a time, doing nothing at Calcutta or Madras that decided me.
But it is likely that the natives will speak more freely to him than they would to a white officer, and he may as well be earning thirty rupees a month, and drawing rations, as hanging about all day, doing nothing.
Unfortunately, they had no books, and after talking with them and walking about, I began to grow tired of doing nothing.
Eight or ten were on the fore-topsail yard, and as many more in the main, furling the topsails, while eight or ten were hanging about the forecastle, doing nothing.
However, they were not gone long, but soon returned to their habitual occupation of doing nothing.
I can't quite shake off that miserable sea-sickness, while we are lying-to doing nothing.
The little lazy insects seem so happy to be doing nothing.
And so also are there many Helps who realise this, and therefore sit with folded hands doing nothing so long as the Amelias will permit them.
All that day and the next, she felt as if she was actually sick of doing nothing; and she absolutely languished to be allowed once more to take a book and read, or to draw, or play on the piano.
I have never in my life gone to bed so tired as after those days of doing nothing.
But the foolish reasoning of Josephine made a great impression on Rosalind; so true it is, that "evil communication corrupts good manners," and she was seized with an earnest desire to participate in the happiness of doing nothing.
And Chuang Tzu was unable to persuade the calculating Chinese nation that by doing nothing, all things would be done.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "doing nothing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
