- present participle of fiddle.
fiddling
Example Sentences
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I was fiddling with my phone during both expressions of loyalty, nervous that I wouldn’t get an intelligible recording of Mr. Paxton’s remarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
She pauses, fiddling with her red-framed reading glasses.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Take, for example, Parton’s great-grandmother, Tennessee, who kept her home open for “singing, fiddling, and buck dancing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
He watched his mother s fingers fiddling one of the bracelets round and round on her wrist, and thought of all the private things she and Mr Hooper had between them.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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