fiddling

Example Sentences

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I’m sitting in my usual place, fiddling with the loose string on the armrest, a throw cushion decorated with orange, blue, and yellow beads stitched in a pattern of repeated circles in my lap.

From Literature

I expected to see someone like Mr. Quon manning the counter, but a young woman was perched on a tall stool behind it, idly fiddling with an abacus.

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The commanding officer dismissed us and I lingered outside of his door longer than I needed to, straightening and fiddling with my uniform.

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Mrs. Tracywas still fiddling with something, and I scanned the room.

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She pauses for a long time, then she lets go of his hands and looks down at her lap, fiddling with the edge of her cardigan.

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