was twiddling
- past progressive of twiddle.
Example Sentences
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It was twiddling its thumbs in the back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
Her mother had advanced cancer and Distant was twiddling her thumbs overseas, judging her mother's health-care choices from her remote perch.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2018
"When in fact, what they were doing was twiddling their thumbs and moving pixels around a screen."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2013
“I was injured, and then I was twiddling my thumbs at home,” Williams, 28, said last week.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2010
"I say, Topknot, look here; are you in on this?" he said to his senior partner, who was twiddling his thumbs and looking very much confused.
From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.
