13 example sentences using fiddle.
Fiddle used in a sentence
Fiddle in a sentence as a noun
And the auto-brightness sensor means there is one less thing for me to fiddle with.
Do not fiddle with scrolling when doing web development, ever.
Not exactly what I would refer to as "fiddle-faddle"
Seems like people on this thread are OK when Apple remotely fiddle with what they can and can't run on their own machine without a notice.
If you pick two data points you can actually fiddle with the numbers to present either side of the argument as the truth.
Presuming identical catalogs, why would I fiddle with snail mail, scratched-up DVDs, etc.?
You are unlikely to see many books where this has happened, because professionals try to make sure that it doesn't, and fiddle with things if it does.
Fiddle in a sentence as a verb
If you visit and internet cafe and someone's forgotten to log out of their bank account and you fiddle with it, that's probably a crime.
But the amazing outcome of this is that the viewer can pause the lesson at any time and fiddle with the code directly, instantly changing the outcome.
Nowadays, when I teach I meet kids who know python/html/php, fiddle with minecraft mods, jailbreak their android tablet so they can run a GBA emulator, etc. all the time.
It's funny, I'm more likely to fiddle about with chrome's inspector to try to remove just the right divs to get a quora page to be readable than to spend however long it takes to sign up.
Depending on how you measure, you can quibble with this exact choice of numbers, but no matter how you fiddle you're not getting out of the Federal government being a huge part of the economy directly.
I'm not making a hedonistic argument here, just saying that if you really want nothing more than to go home at the end of a hard day and fiddle with x86 TSS structures to get your homegrown OS to boot, it's not really anyone else's business.
Fiddle definitions
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
See also: violin
avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
commit fraud and steal from one's employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
play the violin or fiddle
play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
See also: tinker