idle curiosity
Frequency: 7.810.5 per million words
curiosity for no particular reason
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Examples (10)
- He asked about her past out of idle curiosity, not because he was suspicious.
- Driven by idle curiosity, she peeked through the gap in the curtains.
- Was it genuine concern or just idle curiosity that made you ask?
- I wasn't investigating, it was just idle curiosity.
- The villagers watched the newcomer's every move with idle curiosity.
- Idle curiosity led him to open the old, dusty book he found in the attic.
- She satisfied her idle curiosity by looking up the actor's biography online.
- He dismissed his own question as nothing more than idle curiosity.
- Sometimes, idle curiosity can lead to the most interesting discoveries.
- Please don't mistake my professional interest for idle curiosity.