fidgeting

Example Sentences

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“The umpires check these guys after almost every inning, and if there’s something going on MLB will take care of it,” Thomson said, adding that Valdez’s fidgetiness wasn’t abnormal or unexpected to him.

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2022

And their well-documented fidgetiness demonstrates that senators have lost the habit of sitting in their well-appointed chamber and listening.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2020

And while director Richard Loncraine is mostly on autopilot, he's smart enough to ensure his camera is ready to capture all of Staunton's vulnerable fidgetiness, Spall's micro-gestures, and Imrie's frisky joie de vivre.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2018

With her fascination with Collins’s career, and her own natural fidgetiness, de Lavallade started dancing in high school with Horton.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2017

Mr. Woodhouse’s peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen