doodle
verb (used with or without object)
to draw or scribble idly.
were 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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One day I was on the porch with the two younger kids, who were doodling with crayons, when I wrote down the word “pain.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2013
By the time their first annual meeting droned to an end in Washington's Wardman Park Hotel, they were doodling, yawning and fanning themselves with the agenda.
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