Example Sentences

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The grown-ups catching the train to work are fiddling with Mini Metro and Snake VS Block.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2019

Ryan’s only real tools are fiddling with the policy inside the legislation, and as Ryan and Trump learned the hard way Thursday, that’s never an easy task.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2017

For his part, Callaway believes publishers are fiddling while Rome burns.

From Reuters • Apr. 1, 2011

Already in their pajamas, they are fiddling in the water with their hands to make it sound as if bathing were taking place, dampening washcloths and towels to create a trail of supporting evidence.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2010

I am laughing still, though the curtain has fallen between the acts, and the orchestra are fiddling gayly away, and the turned-up gas making everybody look pale.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda