fidgeting

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

People living with perceived misokinesia - a diagnosable hatred of fidgeting - call it "life limiting" and say they're buoyed by it becoming recognised as a medical condition.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

One recent Canadian study suggested perhaps one in three of us might be aversely affected by other people fidgeting, experiencing intense feelings of rage, torture and disgust.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

Next to him were the four senior student officers, most of them fidgeting.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia