twiddle
verb (used with object)
to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
had twiddled
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past perfectof twiddle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The hand that had twiddled so often and so bravely lay inert beside his trouser-leg, twitching feebly.
From Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
In fact, he had twiddled it so much that the pivot upon which it had hung broke and Martha had insisted upon his sending the charm to Boston for repairs.
From Galusha the Magnificent by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Frightful shells had smashed it here and there, and had twisted iron as though round gigantic fingers that had twiddled it idly a moment and let it drop to lie in the rain for ever.
From Unhappy Far-Off Things by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany
