Example Sentences

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On the morning of the shooting, Gilbert Gallegos, 82, who lives across the street from Ramos and his grandmother, heard a shot as he was puttering around in his yard.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022

And it was happening in the rural northeast, where Baird was puttering down dusty roads outside Serrinha, closing in on the home-run operation of an organic peanut butter producer.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2019

When I arrived at Wolf’s house for dinner, she was puttering around the kitchen.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017

But the day after Hillary effectively clinched the nomination in June, I was puttering around making breakfast for my baby girl and the top-of-the-hour NPR report made me burst into sudden happy tears.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2016

At the corner the old man, wrapped in an army overcoat, his feet covered with gunny sacks, his head in a knitted cap, was puttering with a stack of paper bags.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison