fiddling

Example Sentences

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I was fiddling with my phone during both expressions of loyalty, nervous that I wouldn’t get an intelligible recording of Mr. Paxton’s remarks.

From The Wall Street Journal

He couldn’t understand what I was doing down on my knees in the middle of the road, fiddling around in the dust.

From Literature

“Katherine, tell Chip to stop fiddling with the cell phone,” he whispered urgently.

From Literature

For once, instead of complaining, he sits solemnly, fiddling with his fork.

From Literature

She turns the engine on and starts fiddling with some of the knobs.

From Literature