fidget with

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The four awkwardly smiled into the camera and fidgeted with their hands for 63 seconds before Wiseman grabbed the microphone to ask NASA administrator Jared Isaacman whether the call dropped. —Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026

In the police vehicle, Ramirez tried to sit up and fidgeted with her handcuffs, breathing heavily, footage shows. —Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026

Noin adjusted her black curly hair and fidgeted with a gold medallion necklace. —Eden Laase, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Tasked specifically with filming Jackie Kennedy, Maysles did that job and more, capturing telling moments—the future first lady nervously fidgeting with her white gloves, for example—that traditionalists felt should have remained private. —Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026

You’re meant to hold them, fidget with them, show them off. —Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026

Collins, who is lanky with blond hair and blue eyes, spent much of an interview with NPR fidgeting with his hands. —Frank Langfitt, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025

For this group, no scrap of fabric or old object is trash; everything can be turned into something for patients to fidget with. —Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025

BunMo Beechwood Infinity Cube Fidget Toy This fidget cube is incredibly satisfying to, well, fidget with! —Anja Webb, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025