fiddling
Example Sentences
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I was fiddling with my phone during both expressions of loyalty, nervous that I wouldn’t get an intelligible recording of Mr. Paxton’s remarks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Take, for example, Parton’s great-grandmother, Tennessee, who kept her home open for “singing, fiddling, and buck dancing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
Mondelez says it has not been fiddling with the recipe, at least not recently.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
“No. Not even by chance, fiddling about. The coordinate-settings are extremely complex. But if only I’d used it!”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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