doodles

Example Sentences

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This plot doodles along, rarely going where we expect.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Jones suggests that, although the 80-page notebook suggests that "he starts off really trying hard", as you keep turning the pages Geisel's doodles "start to take up more and more of the notebook".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The comics that began as office doodles during boring meetings grew into an empire for Adams with companion books, a short-lived animated show and an ill-fated burrito line.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Lately, Kuijstermans has spotted more Brussels griffons, Chinese cresteds and “interesting mixes”—a revenge-of-the-nerds backlash to the flocks of fluffy doodles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

I flipped past my homework and doodles and opened to the first empty page, then thought for a minute.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart