fidget
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Kids call them fidget toys or stress balls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
When slime, fidget spinners and other tactile toys started catching on, the company looked to create a product that could compete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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
Each doll comes with a pink fidget spinner to reduce stress and improve focus, and noise-cancelling headphones to block out background sounds and therefore limit sensory overload.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
"But it was chivalrous?^ Gawaine began to fidget with his toes. "It was silly," he said eventually. "It did no good.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
Sebastian Roelandse fidgets with headphones and bashfully whispers, “‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid.’”
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
I feel a pinch of guilt as he fidgets beside me.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
One fidgeted with a glass; the other observed me with a curious half-smile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Barrois fidgeted with clay, aluminum foil, phone wires, even old chewing gum pulled from the bottom of church pews, twisting each material into tiny drivers for his cars.
From New York Times ● Mar. 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
Together they fidgeted and called out, interrupting things repeatedly with their questions and responses.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
His arms were stiff at his sides as he fidgeted with the bottom of his T-shirt.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Dubois - twitching his shoulders, stretching his neck and constantly fidgeting - insisted the "talking was done", while Wardley rolled his eyes and smiled beside him.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
He sat still for long periods, occasionally fidgeting - but largely impassive and quiet.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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
Standing on the rim of the hole and peering down at me, he started whining and whimpering and fidgeting around.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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