Example Sentences

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Or, between vision and commitment, he will fiddle with a handful of worry trinkets, the Captain Queeg of couture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Little son, come to me at twelve exactly every day, and I will fiddle with you for an hour until one; then Durand comes.'

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

If the ex-Kaiser ever occupies the throne again a modern Nero will fiddle amidst the ruins of German imperialism, for you know he meddled with fiddle strings as well as with political wires.

From Psycho-Phone Messages by Grierson, Francis

“If they really have not hurt my brother officer and our men, I will fiddle for them as long as they like.”

From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de