1.   As things turned out, I had a week to cool my heels in New York.

2.   He was ushered forward after cooling his heels for four minutes.

3.   If a man was workshy and mutinous I would put him in a cell to cool his heels for a while.

4.   Our sources, who are cooling their heels waiting for chips, continue to think Intel is having problems making the parts.

5.   Apparel retailers, especially in the off-price segment of the industry, did particularly well, while stores selling home electronics and computers cooled their heels.

6.   As though my healthy, strong body is cooling her heels just on the other side.

7.   A couple of Australian fashion designers were cooling their heels outside the show, disappointed that they would not be allowed to take any spare seats.

8.   A family with three children got tired of spending time making appointments, driving and cooling their heels at the beauty salon.

9.   But once they crossed the Big Sur River, man and beast alike were spent, and they started looking around for a place to cool their heels.

10.   Cheney spent most of his career in government, but the arrival of the Clinton administration left him cooling his heels at a conservative think tank.