fidgets
Example Sentences
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Students are encouraged to make use of “calming corners” in each classroom where they can find instructions for breathing exercises, fidgets and stress balls and noise-canceling headphones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
He fidgets with a pair of eyeglasses and points a knobby index finger to underscore a point, jiggles his leg restlessly and, at one point, mimes playing guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
One sign of autism is fidgeting, but, she points out, how a black woman fidgets will be different to a white man for example.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2023
Also, pack some fidgets for lines or mealtimes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
But Jason’s mother fidgets — crossing her legs, picking up magazines, putting them down, smoothing her short, Hipped-under, brown hair — so she’d be harder to draw.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
