fidgety
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"You have to know him. He's fidgety to begin with," Payton said.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
This equipoise held for four very productive years, but there comes a moment in all love stories when one partner gets fidgety and starts to pull away.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
Johnny Scott, 26, from Hornchurch, east London, appeared "fidgety and dazed" after he drove his VW Polo into the south centre gates on 9 March, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025
There is a pleasing calm to her delivery that stands out in a scene of fidgety hams.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024
“They keep quiet, and will expect you to do the same,” he said, frowning as my brothers, restless and fidgety, made a game of shoving each other.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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