twiddling

present participle of twiddle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiddling
Verb
  • Other photos showed just the mom and her daughter twirling together alone.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Up-and-comer status gifted el Khaleel’s group, Mantronix, with the glory of a four-hundred-dollar gig at the rec center, home to youth basketball games, baton-twirling competitions, after-school child care, and — on occasion — community concerts.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The menu will include around five core cocktails from Rzepka's original recipes, as well as five rotating cocktails that will swap out with the seasons.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The only hitch was the two-handed pinch-and-hold gesture for rotating some objects.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vertigo takes passengers several feet high in the air, spinning riders on swings at the top.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Turns out his co-workers were more focused on crunching numbers than spinning tracks.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There is already so much disinformation swirling about voting systems and their security.
    Bente Birkeland, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These two names have been swirling in speculation about Cena's final matches.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Subaru’s rural test site didn’t lend itself to the stop and go city driving where hybrids shine, but the Crosstrek’s extra power was apparent on twisting mountain roads.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • When the sprouts are 5 to 6 inches long, remove the slips by twisting them off the potato or cutting the potato into sections between each sprout.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So, the production company is pivoting to video — sort of.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The fitting rooms, framed with a bow at the entrance, will be a luxury tent-like atmosphere providing ample space for try-ons and new, pivoting LED lights for better lighting when trying on clothes.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Families are turning dinner into an activity by using pizza dough or premade crusts to mold fun, spooky shapes, like ghosts, pumpkins, and bats, before topping them with sauce, cheese, and all their favorite fixings.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
  • With income inequality growing and more seniors falling into poverty each year, this is an ominous sign for the largest surge of Americans turning 65 daily in history, experts said.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Beyond supernatural encounters, the Beaux-Arts hotel is also a glittering grande dame of the French Quarter, with a revolving carousel bar, pristine marble floors, and a wooden grandfather clock that’s chimed in the lobby since 1909.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly half of American households have credit card debt and pay more than 20% in interest, on average, on their revolving balances — making credit cards one of the most expensive ways to borrow money.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Twiddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiddling. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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