fidget
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The space includes fidget toys, cars, animals, books and projections on the wall.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Kids call them fidget toys or stress balls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
When slime, fidget spinners and other tactile toys started catching on, the company looked to create a product that could compete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
That approach, she said, helped Five Below take advantage of the current craze for “squishy dumplings” — the latest popular fidget toy that the retailer has managed to cash in on.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
Down in the arts wing, Mrs. Peters, nursing her extra-large thermos and a splitting headache, began to fidget.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
He fidgets with a pair of eyeglasses and points a knobby index finger to underscore a point, jiggles his leg restlessly and, at one point, mimes playing guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He fidgets endlessly with his hands as if trying to rub out the scars.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2023
In interviews, he fidgets, stumbles over words and gets frustrated if he thinks he has said the wrong thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Sebastian Roelandse fidgets with headphones and bashfully whispers, “‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid.’”
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
He fidgets with the gold ring she’d placed on his finger after they’d cut the cake, identical to the one he’d placed on hers.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
As he fidgeted with his bat between pitches, surrounded by a sea of standing spectators either clapping or cheering or recording the moment on their phone, Ohtani showed hardly any expression on his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
When asked what his manner was like, she replied: "Matter of fact. He appeared a bit nervous. He kind of fidgeted."
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
Students fidgeted in chairs, not knowing what to say.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
And at the matinee I saw, it failed to connect with its audience — or at least the several dozen middle school students in attendance, who napped, whispered, fidgeted and surreptitiously checked phones.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
The sheep fidgeted nearby, uneasy with their new owner and excited by so much change.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
Dubois - twitching his shoulders, stretching his neck and constantly fidgeting - insisted the "talking was done", while Wardley rolled his eyes and smiled beside him.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
In the studio and in meetings, Shulman has the restless energy of a kid—pacing around a room or fidgeting with a piano keyboard or bass guitar—combined with the intellectual affect of a quant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
They can take four minutes on the answer, and people are now fidgeting in the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
The severity of people's aversion to fidgeting varies, she tells me.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
“I think a great many things about the circus strange,” Tara says, fidgeting with the lace at the cuff of her sleeve.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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