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

Even at shows without sensory modifications, sensory bags containing comfort items, fidgets and headphones are always available.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 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

As I looked around the small cabin, I was reminded how visceral humans are, their bodies a collection of constant tics and fidgets.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2021

He fidgets in the lap of his honorary uncle, who sits on a bedcover on the floor, surrounded by guests in front and behind and beside him.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri