How to Use putter around in a Sentence

putter around

verb
  • Live music, a live chicken puttering around a bingo board, and a widely varied crowd.
    — Riza Cruz, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
  • And robots are scattered across the solar system and puttering around on the surface of Mars.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
  • That amount would be the equivalent of a few extra five-minute walks, one 15-minute walk at a moderately brisk pace, or just more time puttering around the house or yard.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Pizza boxes were strewn about from the night before, and a few straggling musicians and associates were puttering around, dipping their feet in the infinity pool.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Outside of work, Donovan enjoyed golfing, reading, spending time with family and puttering around his property.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • The Legislature should stop puttering around on this and commit to embracing the governor’s limited and common-sense reforms.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Singing onstage at New York’s Beacon Theatre or puttering around her house in Brittany, Birkin appears shorter and stouter, with thin lips and sunspots.
    — Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And Paltrow’s not the only A-lister embracing clogs as the weather warms up, either; Jennifer Aniston recently styled her taupe pair with jeans, and Meghan Markle wore clogs while puttering around in her garden.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • Fanning, for whom this film is certainly a showcase, plays Polly, who’s revealed to be a physical and emotional mess in the opening scenes, in which she’s shown anxiously puttering around her large, unkempt house, chain-smoking and trying on dresses for an upcoming important interview.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025

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