- present participle of doodle.
doodling
Example Sentences
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A priest, noticing Pratt’s skillful doodling, bought him art supplies and showed him a collection of work by the Kiowa Five, a renowned group of early 20th-century painters who’d attended the school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Growing up in Greater Manchester, he says his biggest childhood involvement with the sport was through doodling in football-themed colouring books.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
He shared memories of doodling on his pants, rap battling in the courtyard and skating down El Segundo Boulevard with dreams of being famous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 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
He could not even remember what he had written in some of the tablets, and he realized that several were filled principally with doodling.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
