: an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch
also
: a minor work
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Examples of doodle in a Sentence
Verb
She doodled in her notebook instead of taking notes.
I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling.
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Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
In the first photo, Sterling can be seen doodling on a drawing board while sitting in a fully pink car seat that's personalized with her name at the top in black, cursive letters.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Beth and Bluebell mean so much to Camilla that, when she and Charles were crowned at their 2023 Coronation, the Queen had a doodle of her dogs embroidered near the trim of her gown by designer Bruce Oldfield, along with the names of her children and grandchildren.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Classic Clip The San Francisco Giants’ 2025 schedule reveal
Paul Lukas, who retired this May from a 25-year run as the world’s foremost sports-fashion critic, grew up doodling team logos in the margins of his school notebooks.
—Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
In the first photo, Sterling can be seen doodling on a drawing board while sitting in a fully pink car seat that's personalized with her name at the top in black, cursive letters.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
The dog is a golden doodle by the name of Chauncey, named with the character Peter Sellers played in Hal Ashby’s 1979 classic Being There in mind.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Beth and Bluebell mean so much to Camilla that, when she and Charles were crowned at their 2023 Coronation, the Queen had a doodle of her dogs embroidered near the trim of her gown by designer Bruce Oldfield, along with the names of her children and grandchildren.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Doodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doodle. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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