fidgets

Example Sentences

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As her mother explains how she struggled to keep her alive amid a collapsing health system in Gaza, Niveen, with her big brown eyes and tiny frame, cries and fidgets.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

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

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

As I looked around the small cabin, I was reminded how visceral humans are, their bodies a collection of constant tics and fidgets.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2021

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