fidgety
Example Sentences
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"You have to know him. He's fidgety to begin with," Payton said.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
Bald with severe features but a soft and guileless disposition, he’s fidgety about the whole Hollywood press dance — this is only his fourth feature film score.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Johnny Scott, 26, from Hornchurch, east London, appeared "fidgety and dazed" after he drove his VW Polo into the south centre gates on 9 March, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025
This year, impatient as ever for winter to end, I decided to skip my usual routine of fidgety calendar watching and see if I couldn’t do something to hasten spring’s arrival.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024
His usual fidgety distraction is replaced with a determination I have never seen.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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