But on Monday afternoons in Bryant Park, the seemingly idle picnickers come with a plan.

His eyes, seemingly idle, had taken in every feature of the room.

Gibbs was at his desk, seemingly idle when Glenn walked in.

Polyon asked after a few minutes of seemingly idle maneuvering and pointless commands.

In the crowded city center, shoeshiners, contraband vendors and cafe owners announce their services to the swarms of seemingly idle people standing about on street corners.

And now, alone at the bar with his seemingly idle beer, he was not idle at all.

There were more than a few humans who objected, as a matter of principle, to the sight of a seemingly idle robot.

Seemingly idle, he took broad panoramas, both wide-angle and telephoto, of the minesite.

Seemingly never idle, James resumed his cricket writing in 1937.

At all times two or three off-duty androids lounged in front of that dome, seemingly idle, actually functioning as casual sentries who would prevent any womb-born one from entering.