How to Use doodle in a Sentence

doodle

1 of 2 verb
  • I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling.
  • She doodled in her notebook instead of taking notes.
  • Bruce would doodle in the margins, and that’s there.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Solène is left alone on the boat, doodling eyes, a woman, and a crescent moon.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The same goes for having a chalkboard where people can doodle or draw.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz at Work, 6 Nov. 2019
  • But don’t treat your package as a canvas for your inner artist to doodle all over.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Many have room to write goals and intentions, and spots to doodle and daydream.
    — Carli Whitwell, refinery29.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Kids can doodle, play games or even practice their letters and numbers at home and on the go.
    — The View, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Inside is a counter with a sink and faucet, and there’s even a chalkboard that little ones can doodle on.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This is a great set for younger children who want to play with different mediums, or like to doodle.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Groner doodled on the nausea bag, tracing the outline of her hand as the boy watched, absorbed.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 24 July 2017
  • The point is to be able to go out and to draw and to think and to be with other people and to doodle or to sketch in a cafe.
    — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 26 June 2019
  • Dance in your living room, doodle aimlessly or spend an hour cloud-watching.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Try coloring, building with blocks, or doodling beside a younger child.
    — Kelsey Mora, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The first-ever white cup was designed so fans could doodle and personalize their cups.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Their two oldest sat behind them in a drab conference room, doodling or staring blankly at the screen.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
  • His cardboard sign is written in marker pen, a tiny Chivas shirt doodled in its corner.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Kids can doodle, scribble, draw, and play tic-tac-toe, hangman, or any number of drawing games with these tablets.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • When other kids liked to play sports, read books, or listen avidly to the teacher, Walt would doodle away.
    — Big Think, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Hosts can decorate the drinkware before the party or allow guests to doodle their own designs.
    — Bonnie McCarthy, latimes.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Our cities belong to some doodling realm that exists in the margins, beyond the concerns of form and function.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 27 June 2018
  • But don’t treat your package as a canvas for your inner Picasso to doodle.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Hockney doodled away, drawing trees and houses and filling the bleak concrete space with swaths of color.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Art therapy isn’t just finger painting and doodling.
    — Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026
  • Koch bobbed by again, this time with glasses and a Harry Potter lightning bolt doodled on her face.
    — Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The alt-pop sensation Grimes put out a music video with a green-screen background on which fans were supposed to doodle.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
  • When David Jiricek got dipsy-doodled at the blue line, there Gustavsson was to make the save.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Why not doodle with a ten-cent pencil instead of a $1,000 iPad and stylus kit?
    — Anne Quito, Quartzy, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Ink-on-paper drawings use grids and doodling lines to create patterns that suggest veils, masks or other objects.
    — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • And Sergio Aragonés’ wordless cartoons were doodled in the margins of the pages.
    — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025

doodle

2 of 2 noun
  • The price for a doodle is more than twice that, though.
    — Benjamin Burrows, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • There had been 13 of them, five of which were doodles.
    — Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Dozens of wacky faces and doodles stare back as the ride goes in circle.
    — Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Fill it up, upload your notes and doodles to the cloud, and then do it all over again.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 24 Dec. 2019
  • But a signature flanked by a doodle of an alien?
    — Benjamin Burrows, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Our little rescue doodle had been a stray on the streets; no one knew for how long.
    — Johnny Runnette, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • Nelson’s first songbook has all the doodles of a child’s arts and crafts project.
    — Jason Mellard, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2023
  • Or just a single wispy cloud in a winter sky, like a friendly doodle.
    — Sharman Apt Russell, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2018
  • What jumps out is how vague and imprecise are these doodles of desire.
    — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
  • His projects range from large murals on buildings to doodles on coffee sleeves.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Hot pink runs through the middle, while doodles and landmarks fill the background.
    — Donna St. George, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Paper doodles, notes to yourself, or Google docs.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Bright eyeliner is applied in doodles or at sharp angles far away from the lash line.
    — Crystal Martin, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Salmon, 17, grabbed a squirmy golden doodle from the back of the car and tossed him to safety.
    — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
  • De Sève jots down his ideas for covers in quick doodles and builds up the finishes.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Next to the cards is a drawing by Royter, who loved to doodle, his family said.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Whether these are doodles or damage depends, in part, on one’s system of values.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Racks teem with inside-out fuzzy sweatshirts, doodle-print button-up shirts and seam-showing jeans.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2018
  • Yankee doodle, whose the noodle?
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • In other words, the camera is looking with the imprecise eye of a doodle.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 6 July 2018
  • Even though Gus the golden doodle is tail-wagging and smiling, the past few years have been tough for the pup.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Suddenly, every track is full of lyrics to close-read and doodle in the margins of notebooks.
    — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Colbert then held up the paper to showcase his pretty good Snoopy doodle.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Salvador Dali doodles on a napkin and gives the drawing to Taupin.
    — Allison Stewart, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Mackenzie Madriaga was always the first to snap a photo, doodle on a notepad or pick up a paint brush.
    — High School Journalism Institute, oregonlive.com, 20 July 2019
  • When not on the road, she can be found coaching ski racing and cuddling her rescue doodle, Ezra.
    — Naomi Tomky, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The doodle was posted on a special memorial page for Alithia.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 22 July 2022
  • Not only do the records feature scuff marks and price tags, but poems and doodles—as if the blankness was begging to be filled in.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
  • But Li is extremely proud of his Twitter avatar – a doodle of his tabby cat.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The extra white space on the prints is also a fun way to write a note or doodle, and replacement film packages are sold in lots of places.
    — Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2021

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