fidget
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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
She carries a fidget spinner and a tablet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
The boys fidget, try to keep their eyes from the clock.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Students are encouraged to make use of “calming corners” in each classroom where they can find instructions for breathing exercises, fidgets and stress balls and noise-canceling headphones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
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
Also, pack some fidgets for lines or mealtimes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
He hangs on to his thoughts, swallows hard, and fidgets with the dial of the walkie-talkie.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
One fidgeted with a glass; the other observed me with a curious half-smile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Mr. Trump fidgeted throughout his time in court last week.
From New York Times ● Jan. 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
The teacher turned up the volume of a months-of-the-year song and children were told to settle down on the carpet, but some roamed the classroom; others fidgeted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Boaz fidgeted with the band of his watch.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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
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
The severity of people's aversion to fidgeting varies, she tells me.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
Denna looked down at her hands, fidgeting with a ring on her finger, twisting it.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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