fidget
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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
And then we fidget in the waiting room for almost an hour.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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
He fidgets endlessly with his hands as if trying to rub out the scars.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2023
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
Donna puts Dray’s keys in her purse and fidgets with his phone as she leads me to the bathroom.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
No-one fidgeted or glanced at their smartphones, as Eva explained she had the number A-26959 tattooed in blue ink on her arm.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025
Mr. Trump fidgeted throughout his time in court last week.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
Students fidgeted in chairs, not knowing what to say.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Together they fidgeted and called out, interrupting things repeatedly with their questions and responses.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
Boaz fidgeted with the band of his watch.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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
People living with perceived misokinesia - a diagnosable hatred of fidgeting - call it "life limiting" and say they're buoyed by it becoming recognised as a medical condition.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024
The severity of people's aversion to fidgeting varies, she tells me.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
Bull was fidgeting as he always did when someone stripped away an outer layer of himself and revealed something intensely personal.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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