doodling

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From the moment she could pick up a pen, she was doodling over everything possible - from school textbooks to spare scraps of paper.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Meyer began doodling designs for a boxing game that could be played at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

His campaign repeatedly put him in positions to reach strategic audiences, as campaigns do down the stretch, and he spent each session essentially doodling with crayons on the wall.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2024

Armed with a Uniball pen and a Strathmore sketchpad, Mr. Polan chronicled the life of the city with an observational hunger that earned him the status of a doodling New York folk hero.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

Only three years had passed since she was a schoolgirl in geography class at Swanburne, doodling funny pictures in the margins of Cecily’s notebook.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood