There are tens of thousands of rape kits sitting uselessly on shelves across the nation, waiting for someone to analyze them.

Hundreds of backup batteries sit uselessly nearby.

Jo sat and stared at her own portable, sitting uselessly in her hand, unsure whether to use it.

The very youngest and oldest of the condemned, and Marcus sat uselessly chained to both.

But it felt better trembling out there in the cold than sitting uselessly below.

Why keep a fleet of ships sitting uselessly in orbit when the parts and equipment would be helpful in starting the new settlements?

When it turned out to be a deadly buridanka, she sat uselessly in on the discussion about it.

Instead, the weapon sat uselessly in his right hand.

If only he had those twelve pounders sitting uselessly on the Dido.

They could let the missiles sit uselessly in the silos and let the world keep believing that Russia still had the capability of using them.