- present participle of fidget.
fidgeting
Example Sentences
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"It helps them to be able to focus more on the activity that they're doing because it sort of reduces the fidgeting," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
Prosper watched the appeal via a video-link from HMP Belmarsh, often fidgeting in his seat.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
They can take four minutes on the answer, and people are now fidgeting in the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
He looked indisposed — to see Sackville-Bagginses at any rate; and he stood up, fidgeting with something in his pocket.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
