fiddle
noun
a musical instrument of the viol family.
was fiddling
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past progressiveof fiddle.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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I was fiddling with my phone during both expressions of loyalty, nervous that I wouldn’t get an intelligible recording of Mr. Paxton’s remarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
An adult female named Fiona was fiddling with a leaf while her infant was in her lap and her mother, Sutherland, was by her side.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 14, 2022
And the fact is that Congress, particularly for the first hundred years or so, was fiddling with the size of the court.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2021
A local cartoonist named Walt Disney was fiddling with an idea called animation.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2020
Someone was fiddling with the lock of the door.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
