Once more I was at a loose end, with nothing much to think about except my own situation.

So, through no fault of my own, I was at a loose end quite a bit.

It was obvious that you were at a loose end.

I was at a loose end and someone suggested being a cop.

One's best friend's cousin's daughter might well be at a loose end after leaving art college.

"Without the computer I would have been at a loose end," he concludes.

So if you are at a loose end, it would be great to see you there.

They'd be at a loose end when it was over, which would be the time to approach them.

Some will volunteer as a way into paid employment, others because they are at a loose end etc.

In India we missionaries were at a loose end.

Julian was at a loose end, spending his days sleeping or going over to Justin's house a couple of miles away.

We are at a loose end, as it were."

I was at a loose end and glad to find a well-paid job ready made, as it were."

And now the strike was off, and normal railway services beginning again, he would be at a loose end!

Not knowing what was going to happen to me or how rapidly the disease would progress, I was at a loose end.

'If we're not able to use the tractors I'll be at a loose end.

Call 'round if ye are at a loose end.

He spent a day contacting the various owners and making settlements, then he was at a loose end again.

There was also the point, Collier thought wryly, that he was at a loose end.

But the underlying idea of being at a loose end, or out of the practical swim, is a different matter altogether.

Only Judy was at a loose end.

"Never happy except when at work", he was at a loose end until he remembered his autobiography.

Bert, Alice was pleased to see, missed Jasper, tended to be at a loose end.

Tim tries massaging my lower back during the contraction and it feels great - he won't be at a loose end from now on!

'You haven't exactly been at a loose end yourself, Max.'

Teaching a college class one day a week, I was at loose ends the rest of the time.

Those without were at loose ends, waiting for a new purpose.

Others are at loose ends after a divorce or a lost job.

Now finished with the score, he was at loose ends.

On this particular evening Pat had been at loose ends.

So I am at loose ends, and would just as soon have other things to think on."

"Seeing how Angela seems to be at loose ends again."

I was at loose ends that night, distraught about everything.

He mentioned to me that you'll be at loose ends over the holiday.

One of those evenings when all my close friends off somewhere and I was at loose ends.

When she disappears, her former college classmates are at loose ends.

Ordered off one job and not having another, Conway was at loose ends.

Part of it was because she was at loose ends.

"I'd just wrapped up a case, and I was at loose ends."

You were at loose ends regarding your own future.

I, on the other hand, was at loose ends.

"Maybe because I was at loose ends and didn't have a strong commitment elsewhere," she said.

For a few days, Reuben was at loose ends.

I am at loose ends and would rather free myself of family entanglements."

I will be at loose ends without a countryman to talk to.'

He is at loose ends, at the moment, and quite unsatisfied with his situation.

All the while Peter was at loose ends.

In the meantime, DuPont and his men were at loose ends.

In hot weather, he sometimes stretches out on the sidewalk, but that's the closest I've ever seen him come to being at loose ends.

Seaver was at loose ends when he graduated from high school.

I'm at loose ends kind of in between the Army and school.

So I am at loose ends, and would just as soon have other things to think on.

Teaching a college class one day a week, I was at loose ends the rest of the time.

Others are at loose ends after a divorce or a lost job.

Those without were at loose ends, waiting for a new purpose.

Now finished with the score, he was at loose ends.

A relationship had brought her to Tokyo for a year, and she was at loose ends.

I'd just wrapped up a case, and I was at loose ends.

On this particular evening Pat had been at loose ends.

Seeing how Angela seems to be at loose ends again.

Without income or training for any profession, he is at loose ends.

Now we and many of our actor colleagues were at loose ends.

He mentioned to me that you'll be at loose ends over the holiday.

I was at loose ends that night, distraught about everything.

"Maybe because I was at loose ends and didn't have a strong commitment elsewhere," she said.

When she disappears, her former college classmates are at loose ends.

I am at loose ends and would rather free myself of family entanglements.

Part of it was because she was at loose ends.

Ordered off one job and not having another, Conway was at loose ends.

You were at loose ends regarding your own future.

I, on the other hand, was at loose ends.

You oughta think about joining up with us, if you're at loose ends.

I know you're at loose ends, and sometimes hard work is the best antidote to grief.

Seaver was at loose ends when he graduated from high school.