FIDDLES AWAY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

fiddles away

verb

present tense third-person singular of fiddle away

as in spends

to use up carelessly fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet

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Now, his son told members of Congress, Salgado Araujo’s wife spends those evenings visiting her husband’s grave at the cemetery.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Daliah Singer is a freelance journalist based in Denver, Colorado, who spends a lot of time daydreaming about where to travel next.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of spends

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New characters are introduced, many interesting details are offered, yet the narration never loses its focus, every sentence adding to the characters’ mounting sense of powerlessness in the face of such a tragic death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
The vision of a puppet bird in flight loses a lot of its beauty when there’s a stage full of people milling about under it.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

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Later in the show, The Sun’s Matt Weyrich runs through the biggest news and notes from the Orioles’ final week of the regular season, including Jackson Holliday undergoing wrist surgery.

— Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
The city runs through the film, and through the characters, and that was very important to us.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

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