Example Sentences

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Puttering around the kitchen, I’m almost always listening to an audiobook — often while consulting a recipe.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2021

Puttering back from Lazzaretto Vecchio to the Lido, it is easy to wonder whether you’ve seen the future.

From Economist • Sep. 5, 2017

Puttering along in her golf cart, we passed a series of salt ponds sectioned by low stone walls.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2016

Puttering out towards the MacArthur Causeway, the FEC slip appeared on our left, the site of David Beckham’s proposed Major League Soccer stadium.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 17, 2014

Puttering about his cottage, waiting for a knock.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman