fidget

The space includes fidget toys, cars, animals, books and projections on the wall.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Kids call them fidget toys or stress balls.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

That approach, she said, helped Five Below take advantage of the current craze for “squishy dumplings” — the latest popular fidget toy that the retailer has managed to cash in on.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026

Hernandez came up with a rule: If a child isn’t into the movie, he or she can draw, play with slime or use a fidget toy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

She fought the urge to fidget, as if the campus were an itchy sweater.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

The story is simple: The dad flusters, fidgets and whines; the girl gobbles room service as though aspiring to become human foie gras.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 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

Some experts believe kids with ADHD, anxiety, autism and other disorders can benefit from these and other fidgets.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021

Here, the class fidgets and talks loudly and the teacher rushes his lesson.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

One fidgeted with a glass; the other observed me with a curious half-smile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

As he fidgeted with his bat between pitches, surrounded by a sea of standing spectators either clapping or cheering or recording the moment on their phone, Ohtani showed hardly any expression on his face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024

Mr. Trump fidgeted throughout his time in court last week.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024

When asked what his manner was like, she replied: "Matter of fact. He appeared a bit nervous. He kind of fidgeted."

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

Some of the guys twitched and fidgeted like boys half their age trying to hold it and not let it all loose down the pant leg.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

"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

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

The man was dressed in a bright blue Windbreaker and was fidgeting with the sweat-stained Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap he held in his hands.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein