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
“He was fiddling with the television remote and he told me, ‘Tell her hello, if you get there in time.’
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2018
The veterans hadn’t noticed anything because Ruth, at the same moment, had risen to her feet and was fiddling with her coat.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
