twiddled

past tense of twiddle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiddled
Verb
  • Original Glazed Pumpkin Spice Cake Doughnut (seasonal) Four new doughnuts will also be rotated in on a seasonal basis, the chain said.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The motions of the stars also exhibited a similar 24 hour period, as though the heavenly canopy rotated throughout the night.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Under intense pressure from all angles, Gonzalez spun with the ball, taking out three men, and found Doku.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • For these reasons and others, Duan says that his team has spun HLS into a startup company—Convergency Biotech—with the goal to develop HLS workstations user-friendly enough for any lab.
    Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rumors have swirled for years that Lexus may choose to replace it with a high-end crossover model like the LF-1 Limitless concept of 2018.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But suspicions have swirled for years around Russia's Novaya Zemlya archipelago, a remote site off the coast of northern Russia, where more than 100 tests were carried out for decades during the Cold War.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The pair twirled together onstage before Karagach, 32, stepped in to finish the contemporary routine.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • As the routine twirled to a close, Olivia ran back, embracing her older brother to thunderous applause.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of dwelling on the rejection, the young innovators pivoted.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Cassco Development, which owns Clearfork, pivoted to relocate the Autobahn development to southwest Fort Worth.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Others have turned toward the distant past to understand what has been lost and assess what can be recovered.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In the days following Phoenix’s death, fans turned the outside of The Viper Room into a temporary shrine for the late actor.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The election will be a test of whether Mamdani, and his focus on lowering the cost of living, can bring back nonwhite voters who swung to the right.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Rojas swung, and an undeniable crack of the bat followed.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Palantir said last week that home improvement retailer Lowe’s was already incorporating this into its tech stack, but the software company declined on Monday to share other companies that had rolled that out.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But the Cowboys’ special teams answered when Sam Williams blocked a punt that ricocheted off his helmet and rolled into the end zone, where Marshawn Kneeland recovered it for a touchdown.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Twiddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiddled. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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