fidget with
phrasal verb
fidgeted with; fidgeting with; fidgets with
: to move or handle (something) with the hands and fingers in a nervous way
He was fidgeting with his tie before the presentation.
Examples of fidget with in a Sentence
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Barrois fidgeted with clay, aluminum foil, phone wires, even old chewing gum pulled from the bottom of church pews, twisting each material into tiny drivers for his cars.
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Julia Carmel Jessica Lehrman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Hackman and Lindo are more than believable as shifty men who are always fidgeting with energy, thinking about the next move while trying to seem present and calm.
—Eric Farwell, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
Tired of fidgeting with maternity jeans that slip down throughout the day?
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
Gosling fidgets with the board’s knobs and dials as Ronson watches.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
Lipman-Stern is an untrained filmmaker who models himself after Michael Moore; Pespas, Lipman-Stern’s call-center co-worker turned co-investigator, conducts interviews wearing sunglasses and pauses between questions to fidget with his phone.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
The resident’s security video showed two male suspects approaching the car and fidgeting with the gas tank cover.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
Fouts repeatedly fidgeted with her brace in her first appearance on Friday night as the Tide dropped the opener 3-1.
—Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 29 May 2023
Newgarden seemed to be fidgeting with the Indy 500 champion ring the Tennessee driver had received shortly after beating last year's race winner, Marcus Ericsson, by less than a tenth of a second.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
Julia Carmel Jessica Lehrman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Hackman and Lindo are more than believable as shifty men who are always fidgeting with energy, thinking about the next move while trying to seem present and calm.
—Eric Farwell, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
Tired of fidgeting with maternity jeans that slip down throughout the day?
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
Gosling fidgets with the board’s knobs and dials as Ronson watches.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
Lipman-Stern is an untrained filmmaker who models himself after Michael Moore; Pespas, Lipman-Stern’s call-center co-worker turned co-investigator, conducts interviews wearing sunglasses and pauses between questions to fidget with his phone.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
The resident’s security video showed two male suspects approaching the car and fidgeting with the gas tank cover.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
Fouts repeatedly fidgeted with her brace in her first appearance on Friday night as the Tide dropped the opener 3-1.
—Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 29 May 2023
Newgarden seemed to be fidgeting with the Indy 500 champion ring the Tennessee driver had received shortly after beating last year's race winner, Marcus Ericsson, by less than a tenth of a second.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2023
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“Fidget with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fidget%20with. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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