fidgeting
Example Sentences
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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
She faltered at times in her first hour of giving testimony, fidgeting with her long nails, and pausing when overwhelmed by emotion and fighting back tears.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
"Some people might get really annoyed by fidgeting or repetitive movements but it doesn't impact massively on day-to-day life," she says.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024
I asked, though I could tell by the way she was fidgeting with her hairbrush that she was not finished with her own topic.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
