fidgets
Example Sentences
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As her mother explains how she struggled to keep her alive amid a collapsing health system in Gaza, Niveen, with her big brown eyes and tiny frame, cries and fidgets.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
In interviews, he fidgets, stumbles over words and gets frustrated if he thinks he has said the wrong thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023
Also, pack some fidgets for lines or mealtimes.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022
In his latest, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Cage fidgets and swaggers and smiles so broadly he looks ready to swallow the screen whole.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022
He takes in a big breath, and the Sandy I remember is back—his eyes flit to the ground and he fidgets with the line, his face turning a bright, bright red.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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