'Lot of trouble these notes of yours have caused,' he remarked idly to Loretta.

"You must be pleased to see such divine powers returning to the world," the general remarked idly.

I remarked idly that it was improbable that I should have any occasion for its use.

Isn't it odd, Smith idly remarked, how the television won't turn off?

'Quite an occasion,' I remarked idly to Web when he walked beside me.

"The box by the gate," I remarked idly.

"It's impossible to keep clean in Shantytown," Maddie remarked idly.

"You have the loveliest flower," he remarked idly.

"It's easier to let it take its own time," he remarked idly, all too aware of her nervousness.

'Perhaps it's better not to have any in the first place,' Merrill remarked idly, braking at a crossroads.