was doodling
- past progressive of doodle.
Example Sentences
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Lindelof was doodling in the margins, but in a way that honoured the source.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2018
Recently, Corse realized that she was doodling whenever she was talking on the phone, and that those shapes were ending up in her art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2018
I was doodling and looked up when I heard her voice seize.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2017
As the writer presents his gameplan for a new ambitious story for the park, he brags that it “will make Hieronymus Bosch look like he was doodling kittens.”
From Time ● Oct. 7, 2016
Darrell squinted closer at what Daryl was doodling on his new tablet.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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