dabble

Example Sentences

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Even the league’s most respected organizations appear to dabble in selective losing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

But many people also dabble in corporate bonds and real-estate investment trusts, commodities like gold and silver and, more recently, cryptocurrencies.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Rhys: There’s a couple of ways — a light dabble of narcissists, sociopaths, “The Psychopath Test” by Jon Ronson.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Then in 1975, she began to dabble in fiction.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Sammy had lost interest in the conversation and was lying on his stomach on the deck, trying to dabble his hand in the water.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt