How To Use Fidget In A Sentence

She was fidgeting nervously with her pen.
She fidgeted in her chair during the 10-minute hearing before Superior Court Judge Elden S Fox.
They were nervy sorts, fidgety, who watched your hands as you used the mobile or hunted in your bag for something but would never catch your eye.
He's all fidgety and sweaty and his hair's long and greasy. Times, Sunday Times
Fidget aprons are great for dementia or Alzheimer's patients, or even people who have had strokes who like to "fidget". Undefined

Sometimes the mother eagle takes a break and the father sits on the eggs for a few hours but fidgets, offering a glimpse of the new eaglet. ' OpEdNews - Quicklink: Eaglets Hatching Now on Live Web Cam
Men do not actually "die of a rose in aromatic pain," though many may become uncomfortable and fidgety by sniffing delicious wattle-blossom; and one of the crinum lilies owes its specific title, (PESTILENTIS) to the ill effects of its stainless flowers, those who camp in places where the plant is plentiful being apt to be seized with violent sickness. My Tropic Isle
Noelle didn't squirm or fidget, but she appeared uncomfortable.
Yet there will still embarrassingly long blackouts for the audience to fidget through.
When they were forced by the scientists to gain weight, the skinny people still kept up their fidgety ways.
He keeps rubbing those hands together, fidgeting with his fingers.
She fidgeted on her spot, shifting from one foot to another as an uncomfortable silence filled the air, but she was saved when her stomach started grumbling loudly.
Then he noticed Andrew acting strangely, grinning and waving, talking gibberish to himself and fidgeting.
He grabbed his wet hair and began to fidget, running his hands over it nervously.
Viewers rooted for the Virginia kid with shaggy brown hair and glasses, who fidgeted with his hands as he spelled such words as "oriflamme" and "sophrosyne. 'Fustanella' is N.Va. teen's killer bee word
Mere mimicry, however, isn't the track's damnable sin, but rather a byproduct of the curious choice to break away from the electronic fidgeting that distinguished ‘A Whisper’.
Tom Arthurs' Centipede are fidgety writhers, striking angular shapes with tricky grooves and utilising the spiked fork of their leader's trumpet and Laubrock's soprano saxophone.
But none of this attentional fidgeting helps us to work better. Times, Sunday Times
But when a quarter to nine struck, and he saw old Thomas beginning to fidget about with the keys in his hand, he thought of the Doctor's parting monition, and stopped the cornopean at once, notwithstanding the loud-voiced remonstrances from all sides; and the crowd scattered away from the close, the eleven all going into the School-house, where supper and beds were provided for them by the Doctor's orders. Tom Brown's Schooldays
He fidgets in his chair like a man unaccustomed to sitting still, crossing and uncrossing his legs, slipping his socked feet underneath him.
He was very fidgety, he had a pager with him at all times, which he was checking the stock market quotes on, the movements within the day.
My legs have become fidgety and my glance goes against my own will as it sneaks its way in his direction.
Bound for France, the aircraft was taxiing out to the runaway at Stansted airport when my wife Jean became quite fidgety.
He's a league-leading fidgeter; to say he has a short attention span is like saying Ahab doesn't like whales.
My twitchy, fidgety mind was already having trouble settling on any single subject for more than thirty seconds.
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For the rest of the period, Nicole had the fidgets.
Jack fidgeted restlessly, fiddling with the chocolate bar in his hand.
Parachute packs a foot-tapping pop melody into its fidgety frame, coming across something like a grittier, grizzlier BBC - Ouch
In contrast to rule-breaking, ADHD symptomatic behaviors such as fidgetiness and inattention tend to be more societally and culturally neutral, drawing less attention from adults, regardless of the child's sex.
They grimaced and gulped and fidgeted from foot to foot. End of Time
The priest fidgeted nervously with his black rosary beads.
For the hyperactivity symptoms, parents were queried whether the target child had either of the following two symptoms: fidgetiness or problems remaining seated.
He would occasionally fidget around in his chair restless from his captivity.
Moodiness contributes to sadness and depression, unpredictable mood swings and fidgeting, especially among the opposite sex.
I fidgeted a little, slipping my rings between my fingers and wiggling my toes inside my sneakers.
They fidget, sit on their feet and fold little fingers around stubby pencils, sweating out an exercise in mathematics.
No sooner do they arrive at their destination than he is already fidgeting to get back to work.
James fidgeted in his chair, nervously clasping and unclasping his hands.
Last night, both fighters had fidgeted and fussed as Logan healed Rytlock. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
The boy was fidgeting with his pen.
As she approached the wide set of doors that led to the hall she could see Erik nervously fidgeting with his uniform in a mirror, adjusting and readjusting his tunic.
Her infant son sat next to her and was fidgeting, restless and unable to sleep.
Theo came over to Lydia, whose hands had begun to fidget nervously.
This made me jittery, fidgety, wired, and slightly more insane than usual.
Kathy fidgeted beside him, studying her nails, ill at ease among these obvious geeks and losers.
At its best, this fetishistic attention to period accuracy succeeds in summoning an alien world in which characters move, fidget, and even kiss differently. Mad About Mad Men
They'd asked how I was, expressed their shock, but under that there was the fidgeting, the sidelong glances.
But his left leg had begun to fidget up and down, up and down, and this made Johnny nervous. A MEANS TO EVIL
It isn't often I like to be fidgetted and followed; but anything's better than being alone in that unked place. Fenton's Quest
I fidgeted with the silver ring on my finger in a nervous manner, afraid of what he was going to do or say.
The sounds of battle on the outer wall ceased, and the night was quiet except for fidgeting on the catwalk.
Tomas unknowingly began to fidget in his chair, and his hands began to shake uncontrollably, but he still had control over his mind and will.
The man fidgeted, trying to get loose, but stopped abruptly with a sharp hiss of pain.
he's got the fidgets
Sometimes the mother eagle takes a break and the father sits on the eggs for a few hours but fidgets, offering a glimpse of the new eaglet. OpEdNews - Quicklink: Eaglets Hatching Now on Live Web Cam
He soon began to fidget nervously, partly because his body kept staring at him, and partly because of the deathly silence.
Alex fidgeted impatiently as Miles was brought forth on a stretcher, ignoring the welfare of the Base Coordinator completely.
Whenever he's out of nick he fidgets and loses balance, and his feet, minimal movers at the best of times, become rooted to the crease.
As a child I was a fidgeter, and I always played with my food.
Instead, Ray Wilkins, previously a likable part-timer, has been given free rein to incant his belief in "staying on your feet", while Redknapp continues to fidget and ramble, occasionally sparkling with accidental insight like some tousled piano-playing man‑child genius. Sky generation is beginning to miss Richard Keys and Andy Gray | Barney Ronay
This fidgeting included absent-minded arhythmic key rattling, and moving repeatedly in his seat.
She fidgeted, then said, Well, I should get inside. At Hidden Falls
Men do not actually “die of a rose in aromatic pain,” though many may become uncomfortable and fidgety by sniffing delicious wattle-blossom; and one of the crinum lilies owes its specific title, (PESTILENTIS) to the ill effects of its stainless flowers, those who camp in places where the plant is plentiful being apt to be seized with violent sickness. My Tropic Isle
`I must go now," he said, fidgeting restlessly on his rafter perch. THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
And can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend.
She fidgeted with her necklace, and couldn't seem to decide where to look.
My fingers fidgeted with the white, cloth napkin in my lap.
They were barely fifteen feet away, and the terrorists had begun to fidget nervously.
She fidgeted on her feet, tucking a strand of her disarray hair behind her ears a few times.
The groom was brought to me and although he occasionally nodded off in my lap, he never once whined or fidgeted.
My twitchy, fidgety mind was already having trouble settling on any single subject for more than thirty seconds.
He was fidgety and computerphobic, more of a nuisance than not, but it was a start. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Fiera fidgeted nervously as she walked towards the local skating rink, skates in hand.
The child is always fidgeting in his seat
We really voted this discovery of the cassada root quite a grand discovery, though I was always very fidgety about the poisonous milk in it. Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island
Fingers of morning light were gracing the eastern sky and birds were beginning to fidget and chirrup in the trees.
Meg took it and drank slowly, careful not to spill any on her dress, while Mrs. Carroll fretted around the pair, nervously fidgeting with the bottom tier of the gown.
I'm not referring here to fidgeting uncomfortably while an unseasoned actor lurches turgidly through thousands of rhyming couplets.
They apologised as they fidgeted with the bags and behaved as well as they could but lost their nerve on the odd occasion.
He fidgets, squirms, runs and climbs in situations where being seated is expected.
The body politic languished in a discomposed mood, scrutinizing her every fidget to see if she would continue her quest for glory or tack back to safe harbor. Brad Parker: Captain Hillary Sails 'Round Good Hope At Last
He face reddens and he fidgets, shuffling from one foot to the other and rubbing the back of his neck.
Cropped top, skirt down on her hips, utility knicks above the waistband, and still she fidgeted constantly to ensure they were fashionably displaying.
Our pint-sized critics watched in fidgety silence.
Each floor had several components of live artistry — from a man in burlesque drag modeling for a few fidgety painters on art horses (floor 5) to a sword swallower swallowing swords next to a student spraying water on his lineup of dwarfish clay figures (floor 2). In Tribeca Snowstorm, Parker Posey Makes Us Melt
The air was refreshing and Alex relaxed into the seat, stopping her fidgeting.
One simply doesn't walk around with a firearm in public and "fidget" with it. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
Shannon's left eyebrow rose in speculation as Rogers fidgeted with the twin coffee mugs in his rough iron grip.
She was no longer biting her fingernail, but fidgeting with the gold cross on a chain around her neck.
And in case, you haven't figured out already - Jon isn't much of a fidgeter.
She began to fidget, clutching her peplos and grasping it tightly until her knuckles turned white.
I got the fidgets halfway through the lecture.
Rows of barefoot men sat cross-legged on the floor as their young sons fidgeted next to them.
She fidgeted in her chair as she took a deep, tremulous breath.
I fidgeted with the strap again, trying to get comfortable, looking at the scuffs on my shoes and listening to Sidhe's footsteps.
I got the fidgets halfway through the lecture.
Why, sir, as there is still plenty of work, I do not like to press the matter, lest your mamma should be fidgeted, and think there was danger; but danger there is; I have a kind of forewarning of it. Masterman Ready The Wreck of the "Pacific"
As the questioning continued, he became fidgety and uneasy.
The girl fidgeted and pushed the small frames of her wire-rimmed glasses up her nose.
Children can't sit still for long without fidgeting.
Unfortunately it was during this time that R. began to fidget, twisting and turning in the seat, putting her foot up and down, propping it across her right knee or rubbing it restlessly.
They fidget, sit on their feet and fold little fingers around stubby pencils, sweating out an exercise in mathematics.
My fidgetiness increased when I noticed how long it was taking him to get to the point.
Still, my feet fidgeted; there was a sort of "cobwebby" feeling on my face, and a tickling sensation in the small of my back, as I stood ready for my first ball, which convinced me I was by no means at home in my new position. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life
The woman fidgeted on her seat, toyed with the amber beads on her neck, but she would not meet the pure gaze fixed upon her; for there was a tremulousness about her lips, a moisture in her eyes, a sense of ashamedness all over her which she did not wish the child to see. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls
Bennett fidgeted with impatience, and suggested calling a sentry to evict the fakir. Kim
‘Parts of Scotland are fantastic, really hardcore, gnarly, dangerous,’ he enthuses, fidgeting as he seems to imagine himself negotiating a climb.
The restaurateur, seized by panic, fidgeted with the rings on her fingers. HAVANA BEST FRIENDS
Umber blinked and fidgeted, as if some inner struggle was manifesting itself in his hands and feet. End of Time
He was fidgety and restless. The Sun
‘Inattention, impulsivity, fidgety movement - these are definitely symptoms,’ she said
Children can't help fidgeting about if they're made to sit still for too long.
Kolchinsky pretended to fidget nervously with the handle of his attaché case. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
The giggling had a lot to do with Chris Rock, who fidgeted in his chair when he wasn't levelling you with a hard look and a joke.
Came the big day and she was as nervous and fidgety as a college senior before finals.
Her reflective demeanor gave way to one of purpose, and Jeanine collected gloves and her helmet from a crew member, waved at the nervous and fidgeting crowd and slipped into the cockpit of The Spirit. 365 tomorrows » 2010 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
`And I can rely on a house not to blink or fidget through a long exposure. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
While the air system is good, it fidgets badly over sharp intrusions like potholes, jarring and jolting the passengers.
I fidgeted near the door for a long minute and then decided to go back downstairs to the small chapel off the main lobby. Brooklyn Story
Anon some wrinkled, fidgety, cogitative being in human form would add a new volume to some slope or tower of the monstrous omni-patulent mass, or some sharp-glancing youth, with teeth set unevenly on edge, would pull out a volume, look greedily and half-believingly for a few moments, return it, and slink away. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864
I whispered to my four-year-old, an often fidgety theatregoer who was gripped throughout. Times, Sunday Times
Girls and boys with ADHD will demonstrate similar rates of inattentiveness and fidgetiness.
He fidgeted and looked to the sides, uneasy, as if wishing he could go off alone and meditate. Dreamseller: The Calling
Cecil scowls as we take our seats in the wherry; Dee fidgets; only Walsingham appears unconcerned, but I see him looking back toward the High Street and catch the calculation in his gaze. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
The captain fidgeted as he reached for the words to say to make her understand and to appease her fears.
She fidgets throughout our chat, clanking a spoon on the table, tearing at the sauce sachets.
He was always fidgety and nervous before boarding a plane. Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough
From there, though, you could also see the increasing air of fidgetiness of fans standing in the stalls. Times, Sunday Times
As the second act journey took us to tea parties in Arabia, she grew fidgety and bored. Christianity Today
She was no longer biting her fingernail, but fidgeting with the gold cross on a chain around her neck.
Jason Giambi twiddled his thumbs, crossed his legs and fidgeted in his chair.
But what about mild depression, the kind of sadness that puts you in a fidget, makes you lose sleep, dulls your appetite and your wit, and saps your energy?
A robust grandfather, once the bane of Hollywood screenwriting, regales his frail, fidgety grandson with horrible tales of the macabre and the supernatural.
Julliard scratched behind his ear, fidgeting more than relieving an itch.
You' re such a fidget!
Alex fidgeted impatiently as Miles was brought forth on a stretcher, ignoring the welfare of the Base Coordinator completely.
They talked, whispered, fidgeted, and threw small projectiles at one another.
It's a stone cold fact that orchestral music either makes you fidget in your seat or it sweeps you away to another place.
This made her restless and fidgety. Wives and Daughters
A coot sat fidgeting on a bulky nest construction, flicking stems out of the way, pushing a twig into position.
Young lady also proceeded to nark me by fidgeting continuously.
I glanced at Fergus, fidgeting to and fro like a hoptoad with St. Vitus's dance, and decided that I might as well send a few messages myself. Dragonfly in Amber
Kolchinsky pretended to fidget nervously with the handle of his attaché case. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma. The Haunted Bookshop
I fidgeted in my seat as Dr. Blackwell sat down opposite me, steepling his hands beneath his chin as he watched me from across his desk. Haven
He has a kind of winsome smile and frequently jogs around the set, running from one side of the lawn to the other, and it doesn't feel like the obnoxiousness of a fidgety adult but the buoyancy of a wide-eyed kid. The House Next Door
Drouet fidgeted. Hurstwood moved his toe the least bit.
He fidgeted with a basketball, anxious for the five-minute conversation to end.
And can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend.
He was fidgety and in a dream world when being given instruction in a group.
He fidgeted with a basketball, anxious for the five-minute conversation to end.
The team indicated fidgeters burn off the calories, while couch potatoes can pile on the pounds.
Out in the corridor, a pass key fidgets at the lock.
The mare fidgeted, but Alex quietened her with his whispered words and his gentle hands. Judge deveraux
Personally, this sheds light on the hours I spent as a child fidgeting anxiously between my momma's, grandma's or aunt's knees while they parted, greased and plaited my hair.
As with a lot of all-improvisation discs, this is an element of the music too often overtaken by the fidget and bustle of ongoing events.
We all looked at our feet, fidgeted, or simply stared ahead.
She fidgeted constantly, tapping her foot, drumming her fingers on her leg, or plucking at her newly straightened hair.
SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: I could be called the fidget diet. CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2005
But when a quarter to nine struck, and he saw old Thomas beginning to fidget about with the keys in his hand, he thought of the Doctor's parting monition, and stopped the cornopean at once, notwithstanding the loud-voiced remonstrances from all sides; and the crowd scattered away from the close, the eleven all going into the School-house, where supper and beds were provided for them by the Doctor's orders. Tom Brown's Schooldays
She was scrupulously kind to her, and the governess was scrupulously exact in all courtesy and attention; still that impassible, self-contained demeanor, that great reticence – it might be shyness, it might be pride, – sometimes, Ursula privately admitted, "fidgeted" her. John Halifax, Gentleman
Obviously upset, Cox fidgeted and slumped, struggling to endure the postgame press conference.
He fidgets in his chair like a man unaccustomed to sitting still, crossing and uncrossing his legs, slipping his socked feet underneath him.
Tamara nervously fidgeted as he approached her holding a scroll in his left hand.
My sister and my mother are the opposite - they are nervous and fidgety.
As we had heard that the gates of Dresden closed at ten, we got rather into a fidget when twelve passed and no "trolly" appeared. A Lady's Glimpse of the Late War in Bohemia
The fashionable devotee, in order to counteract this, either stimulates the system with alcohol, or exorcises the "fidgets" by the use of sedatives, such as chloral or morphia. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire
He noticed the grim, tight set of the older man's mouth, the hangdog cant of the younger's head, and Black fidgeting nervously beside.
It's an extraordinary quality bartenders have; a bar or, in this case, a lounge, can be quite adverse and hectic and easily become chaotic, yet bartenders - good bartenders, that is, go about the storm of hands and impatient glares and fidgets with a frightful calm, riding a teetering wire between cordiality of social obligation and quickness and precision of hand with the balance of a world-class funambulist. Grant Whitney Harvey: Moonshadows: Part 1
He's a compulsive fidgeter, so any sort of ring, bracelet, etc. runs the risk of getting lost when he starts playing with it.
As she studied him, she realized that he was really quite handsome - fidgetiness aside.
She adjusted and readjusted her rings in a fidgeting motion.
`And I can rely on a house not to blink or fidget through a long exposure. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
A robust grandfather, once the bane of Hollywood screenwriting, regales his frail, fidgety grandson with horrible tales of the macabre and the supernatural.
She fidgeted, her mind drifting back to her current dilemma.
Vin Priganti, known to everyone in Bensonhurst as “the Son” of local mob boss Tino Priganti, fidgeted in a chair behind the Kroons. Brooklyn Story
Her hands came up and began to fidget nervously.
‘Irksome, loopily affectionate, on tenterhooks, fidgety’… ran Emily's immediate assessment of her Husband's ‘welcome-back-to-the-big-city’ mood.
I couldn't stay asleep hunched over, so I began to fidget when Tony wasn't looking.
She fidgeted with a raveled thread on her sleeve, her wary gaze never leaving his face. Earl of Durkness
Are you tense, restless and fidgety? Repetitive Strain Injury
I stared at my feet and fidgeted, trying to pass the time as quickly as possible.
Adaptive thermogenesis is the fancy name for daily activities such as fidgeting during a boring meeting, using the bathroom, and walking to your car.
This is an area where I've often noticed politicians getting a bit fidgety, uneasy even.
The past few days have been a blur of phone calls, and emails, and arrangements, and fidgety trips to drugstores looking for pills, unguents and toiletries in the tiniest conceivable packages.
The Laughing Death begins to stop laughing, and begins to fidget nervously.
Everyone was starting to fidget with hunger and boredom when the door opened to admit the latecomer.
Sharron Angle, a former four-term assemblywoman, fidgeted in the back of the room as she waited for her name to be called, and when it was she ran down the center aisle as if summoned to the stage of the "The Price Is Right. Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
May sat down and fidgeted with a nick-nack on the table. Quisanté
His fingers were never at rest, they had a fidgety, nervous action at their tips, constantly in the act of feeling something; while in the act of talking to me, he would lean over and feel the texture of the cloth of my trousers, my coat, or my shoes or socks: then he would feel his own light jamdani shirt or dabwain loin-cloth, until his eyes casually resting upon a novelty, his body would lean forward, and his arm was stretched out with the willing fingers. How I Found Livingstone
His brother Stephen, several years older than he, was so unthriftily hot-tempered as to shoot his horse, a very fine animal, when it fidgeted.
She fidgeted in her chair as she took a deep, tremulous breath.
But give them a math problem, and they wander around the room, daydream, or fidget.
In-car electronics should also be a continued growth area, assuming that their buyers don't all manage to plow into bridge abutments while fidgeting with the latest dashboard gadgets. Weekly video: Packing for CES
Since the emergence of the so called fidget or fidget house scene, its become some what of an addiction for me to listen tracks of the genre on full fucking volume ALL DAY. Hot Artists at Elbo.ws
It seems that this cranky wretch of a mare had been sideling and fidgeting when Mr. Falkland and his daughter started for their ride; but had gone pretty fairly — Miss Falkland, like my sister Aileen, could ride anything in reason — when suddenly Robbery Under Arms
He fought not to fidget or shuffle his feet at the awkward silence that lay between them after their shared poem.

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