fidgeting
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"It helps them to be able to focus more on the activity that they're doing because it sort of reduces the fidgeting," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
The severity of people's aversion to fidgeting varies, she tells me.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
It never takes him long to spot the grey top hat again, but in the intervals between he becomes nervous to the point of shaking, fidgeting with his coat and the contents of his pockets.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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