1.   I sat there and twiddled my thumbs.

2.   The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee.

3.   Till then, its quarry sat twiddling his thumbs and not quite smirking.

4.   The prospect of waiting around just twiddling his thumbs was appalling.

5.   As Europe slipped deeper into the war, the uranium panel twiddled its thumbs.

6.   Although Isaac Mizrahi announced last week that he is closing his fashion company, he does not plan to sit around twiddling his thumbs.

7.   And each year, consumers twiddle their thumbs, waiting for retailers to begin slashing prices.

8.   As recently as late September, Napa Valley winemakers and vineyard managers were twiddling their thumbs, waiting impatiently for grapes to ripen.

9.   At times, the bearded Associate Justice Antonin Scalia even twiddled his thumbs.

10.   Because the rollout of fast broadband services has been slower than expected, dial-up consumers continue to twiddle their thumbs while Web pages and files download.