fidget

The company introduced flexible working, fidget toys in meeting rooms, and red or green "busy lights" on desks, that allow staff to indicate whether they're happy to be disturbed.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Six people reveal what’s in their compact bags of calming tools, including fidget toys, sour candies and a rosary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

I fidget in my chair, waiting for her answer.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

One sign of autism is fidgeting, but, she points out, how a black woman fidgets will be different to a white man for example.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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

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

One fidgeted with a glass; the other observed me with a curious half-smile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He sat, he stood, he fidgeted, he paced in the emptying hallway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 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

And at the matinee I saw, it failed to connect with its audience — or at least the several dozen middle school students in attendance, who napped, whispered, fidgeted and surreptitiously checked phones.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2023

Johnny fidgeted, as people do who are having their pictures drawn, crazy to see what somebody else thinks they look like.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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

She faltered at times in her first hour of giving testimony, fidgeting with her long nails, and pausing when overwhelmed by emotion and fighting back tears.

From BBC ● May 13, 2025

The severity of people's aversion to fidgeting varies, she tells me.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024

I asked, though I could tell by the way she was fidgeting with her hairbrush that she was not finished with her own topic.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel