fiddling
Example Sentences
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I’m traditionally more resistant to playwrights fiddling around with Shakespeare than I am with them updating Greek tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The move isn’t likely to end all of Washington’s record fiddling, but the worry of prosecution may make a few more actors think twice before playing fast and loose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Mondelez says it has not been fiddling with the recipe, at least not recently.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
The only person who looked equally out of place was the thin reader, Darius, who was sitting at the very end of the row of black-clad men and kept fiddling with his glasses.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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