dabbled in English

verb
1
immerse (one's hands or feet) partially in water and move them around gently.
they dabbled their feet in the rock pools
2
take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
he dabbled in writing as a young man
synonyms:toy withdip intoflirt withtinker withtrifle withplay withdally with
verb

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1. Belly and I dabbled in that arena for years.

2. Brace dabbled in modeling, but decided he preferred the corporate world.

3. Estournelles de Constant wrote historical and political works and even dabbled in playwriting.

4. Mrs. Philip Reichert is her married name; her husband was a cardiologist who dabbled in sexology.

5. 26 People of other nations, both Oriental and Occidental, also dabbled in many forms of divination.

6. The low rumble breaks the crisp fall air as a flash of red streaks down the maple-dabbled vermont highway.

7. 6 He had served on numerous civic committees and dabbled on the fringes of politics, mainly at the name-dropping level.

8. In the late 1950s, Batman stories gradually became more science fiction-oriented, an attempt at mimicking the success of other DC characters that had dabbled in the genre.

9. World War II While Germany dabbled with biological weapons in World War I, the Japanese military practiced Biowarfare on a mass scale in the years leading up to and throughout World War II.

10. ‘As Schoenberg said, Atonality is rejected not because it is ugly, but because it is misunderstood.’ ‘Walton, who in early days dabbled in Atonality, eventually settled for neo-romanticism and his Viola Concerto is a most elegiac composition.’

11. A French heavy metal outfit that dabbled in blackened death metal before going full-on deathgrind, Benighted emerged in the late 1990s with a crew that was culled from some of the region's most insidious noisemakers: Dishumanized, Darkness Fire, and Osgiliath

12. ‘The whole texture resonates with lovely aerated Consonances, especially major thirds.’ ‘Although the sense of hearing recognizes Consonances, reason weighs their value.’ ‘Early in his maturity, he dabbled a little in the important musical styles of his era, but in his …

13. Aaaah Avocations… most days I feel like if I had the extra time, I’d sleep! That must sound so lazy 🙂 I remember in my 20s and early 30s when I seemed to have deep reserves of energy, I dabbled in so many things

14. Were they all just beautiful women, draped on pillows all day and waiting for their rich and powerful suitors? Or were they active and powerful political players in their own right? In truth, Courtesans dabbled in just about everything from the fine arts to espionage.

15. The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse…His vesture was dabbled in blood -- and his broad brow, with all the features of his face, was Besprinkled with the scarlet horror.” (Poe).