fidgetiness
noun
Examples of fidgety in a Sentence
He grew more fidgety with each passing hour.
I get too fidgety to sit after a few minutes in a waiting room.
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Karinchak, who is notoriously fidgety on the mound, was charged with a ball on an 0-2 count to the Mariners’ J.P. Crawford.
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
The lyrics were sly and funny but could also detour, like a fidgety schoolkid sitting by the window, into daydreams.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
Before Globe Santa and after Globe Santa: One showing a bored, fidgety child and harried mom; the other, a happy child and happy mom.
—Ellen Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
Often encircled by his rapt yet fidgety students, Dance Teacher Pat (Michael Wood) is a zealot who saddles his team with a choreographed tribute to Gandhi.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2022
Charles stands as the bridge to generations and generations of inevitability — all the way down to 9-year-old Prince George, the someday-king with a tousle of blond hair and fidgety energy.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
Our planet is a shifting mass of molten rock that continually migrates beneath the crust; even the deep mantle and its overlying upper mantle are fidgety, causing earthquakes.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022
At DreamMore, the staff scrambled to distract the adults with no backup plans and the fidgety children whose parents had packed swim trunks but not snowsuits.
—Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
The man was very fidgety and could not stop moving around.
—cleveland, 1 May 2022
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
The lyrics were sly and funny but could also detour, like a fidgety schoolkid sitting by the window, into daydreams.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
Before Globe Santa and after Globe Santa: One showing a bored, fidgety child and harried mom; the other, a happy child and happy mom.
—Ellen Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
Often encircled by his rapt yet fidgety students, Dance Teacher Pat (Michael Wood) is a zealot who saddles his team with a choreographed tribute to Gandhi.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2022
Charles stands as the bridge to generations and generations of inevitability — all the way down to 9-year-old Prince George, the someday-king with a tousle of blond hair and fidgety energy.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
Our planet is a shifting mass of molten rock that continually migrates beneath the crust; even the deep mantle and its overlying upper mantle are fidgety, causing earthquakes.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022
At DreamMore, the staff scrambled to distract the adults with no backup plans and the fidgety children whose parents had packed swim trunks but not snowsuits.
—Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
The man was very fidgety and could not stop moving around.
—cleveland, 1 May 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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