dabble
verb (used without object)
to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with the hands.
was dabbling
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past progressiveof dabble.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The team went to Charlotte Motor Speedway for rides around the track, and within four years Iwuji was dabbling in drag racing.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Just a few months before his father entered the presidential race, Don Jr. was dabbling as a guest host of infomercials where he would interview executives marketing temporary office rentals and obscure construction techniques.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2020
When Dorsey returned as Twitter CEO in 2015, the company was dabbling with Vine, Periscope, the identity platform Digits, and the developer tools Fabric and Crashlytics.
From The Verge ● Mar. 6, 2020
He had begun developing a playlist befitting the young and serious: He loved Alfred Hitchcock and the French New Wave, and was dabbling in the American avant-garde.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
As Syme had done earlier, Winston had taken up his spoon and was dabbling in the pale-colored gravy that dribbled across the table, drawing a long streak of it out into a pattern.
From "1984" by George Orwell
