fidgets

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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

Sebastian Roelandse fidgets with headphones and bashfully whispers, “‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid.’”

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

Also, pack some fidgets for lines or mealtimes.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 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