Example Sentences

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While jotting down a few stray thoughts and details, I turned a page in my notebook and came across a drawing, something my 6-year-old daughter had doodled in bright-orange crayon.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2022

But Swarup also saw a sign that the child’s spirit remained free: She had doodled a picture of a flower on her palm.

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2021

They also searched Alex’s bag, on which he had written “504,” and found that he had doodled the name of his Honduran hometown and a devil with horns.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2018

Seen from above, the parch marks have a magical quality, as if a giant had doodled them from memory, but they are also disconcertingly real.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2018

One day I walked into my garage and found this board that Christian had doodled on.

From Time Magazine Archive