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present participle of fidget

fidgeting

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fidgeting
Verb
Getting the band to fit right took me a bit of fidgeting. PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025 Rather than being persuaded by your content, they’re distracted by poor eye contact, fidgeting or a tentative tone. Sue Reynolds-Frost, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fidgeting
Verb
  • Koberidze opens with a montage of cats, foot traffic, street dogs twitching in their sleep, statues and trees casting long shadows across buildings.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Prater, who was expecting gory details, is a little harder to read, though his face twitching doesn’t seem like a great sign.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Now scientists have found that, with a little fiddling, the feathers can be adjusted to turn flashes of light into laser beams.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Life’s hard enough, and if facial fiddling is music to your ears, have at it.
    Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But as soon as my squirming newborn was placed on my chest, I was overcome by the desire not to keep these works to myself, but to share my love of literature with my baby.
    Ilana Kurshan, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
  • With net in hand, the future microbial geochemist dredged up seaweed and mud squirming with snails, crab larvae and other small invertebrates.
    Laura Poppick, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout the writhing and the screaming, Julia’s fortitude wears down a defiant Davina, whose history with Lovat feeds the moment.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the way Herbert flashed early in his career, tossing seven touchdown passes and only one interception in a 2021 season sweep of the defending AFC champion Chiefs, had come to feel like a tease.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Harrell’s improvement After a slow start against the Mountaineers in the Duke’s Mayo Classic, tossing an interception and completing just 54% of his passes, Harrell showed slight improvements against the Tar Heels’ defense.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The story follows a Jewish family across five generations, from childhood to adulthood, blending laughs and tear-jerking moments, just like in Bob-Waksberg’s other shows.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Tear-jerking purple prose designed to make a Baby Boomer nostalgic and sad.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Research shows tennis may extend lifespan and improve heart health, bone strength, mobility, and social connection.
    Cathy Cassata, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The tag is placed gently on the outside of the butterfly’s wing close to its base so as not to disrupt its mobility, Steinhauer said.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Zaya, stood at the back door, wiggling and barking with excitement to see her owner return home.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • To train the decoder, each person would imagine a series of different movements (like moving their whole right arm or wiggling their left thumb) while the researchers looked at the data coming from the electrodes and tried to find the most obvious and reliable signal.
    Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2017

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