doodle
verb (used with or without object)
to draw or scribble idly.
are doodling
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present progressiveof doodle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The effect, reporters say, is to make it harder to chronicle the you-are-there details expected of a historic political moment — including which senators are doodling or snoozing during testimony.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2020
More likely, a Bangladeshi kid in Elmhurst and a Senegalese kid in University Heights are doodling in their seventh-grade math classes, and they have their own ideas.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
Half the class appears to be listening to me, but a few are doodling or staring out the window, and one kid’s eyes are closed.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
