doodling
Example Sentences
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He coped with frustration by doodling during meetings and began developing the Dilbert character.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
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
I’ll sit in my kitchen — I’ve got nothing but birds chirping and the sun’s coming in — doodling for hours if I’m allowed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 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
By the time I spotted her coming back, I’d stopped writing and was doodling in the margins.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
