doodle
verb (used with or without object)
to draw or scribble idly.
was doodling
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past progressiveof doodle.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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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
By the time I spotted her coming back, I’d stopped writing and was doodling in the margins.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
