fidgets

Example Sentences

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One sign of autism is fidgeting, but, she points out, how a black woman fidgets will be different to a white man for example.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 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

Some experts believe kids with ADHD, anxiety, autism and other disorders can benefit from these and other fidgets.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

But Jason’s mother fidgets — crossing her legs, picking up magazines, putting them down, smoothing her short, Hipped-under, brown hair — so she’d be harder to draw.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord