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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 Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

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 Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

The hand that had twiddled so often and so bravely lay inert beside his trouser-leg, twitching feebly.

From Indiscretions of Archie by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)