Sentence Examples:
He fidgeted uneasily in his seat, and seemed to experience great difficulty in eating the food set before him.
The medium here jumps about, and fidgets with her hands, just as a child would when pleased.
Feet in the first position, hands behind you, heads straight, and do not fidget with your feet.
He was in these days always fidgeting to end a conversation, however eagerly he had begun it.
Cried Zack, seeing that Mat was beginning to fidget away from Valentine, instead of returning an answer.
David in his idle way used to wonder what she worried about and fidgeted over in her sleep.
In the complete stillness that prevailed, the dog was heard sniffing and fidgeting about the furniture.
I was dressed with unusual care, having fidgeted all the morning, and with my utmost taste.
Standing in the ranks he must control the desire to move his head or fidget with his hands.
And then you'll be free to get some war work, which is what you're fidgeting after, aren't you?
He would have tossed and fidgeted, as his nerves demanded, but he was afraid he might wake Sid.
He himself had begun to smile, somewhat ill at ease, however, as he thought of his nervous fidgeting.
He began, fidgeting from one foot to another, his head bent, ducking sideways, his shoulder to his ear.
The Poor Relation had been fidgeting about and working her mouth while all this was going on.
He stared out of the window, and fidgeted, and evidently longed for the end of the journey.
I begged him to put it on his head because it fidgeted me, and then inquired where we were.
At length, Lady Harrington began to show evident symptoms of that state of mind usually called fidgeting.
He caught hold of the two handles, fidgeted with his elbows, drew a deep breath, and pulled.
Why, even my father, who only saw him here yesterday, fidgeted all last night about some likeness.
It concerned a little matter that had been fidgeting her careful soul for the last two days.
He was frowning and fidgeting; he had the look of a weak man trying to make an important decision.
Its representation is a scene-shifting, fidgeting business, but its charms tempt us almost invariably to sit it out.
Jack Parker stood next to me, fidgeting about uneasily, because it was against rules to talk on stand.
It saved him the necessity of flinging his arms about and fidgeting as he did in most work.
Her arms hung stiff and perpendicular, and she fidgeted with her short skirt as she advanced.
Sidney looked at his watch, fidgeted with the feather of his pen, but made no remark to this.
Liza, on whom I immediately darted an eagle glance, blushed with pleasure, and fidgeted about on her chair.
While he was fidgeting with them, Rose moved around so that she could look into the front seat.
I am in a horrible fidget about certain points which I want to be sure of in correcting my proofs.
I would only urge on you the great importance of studying to be quiet and composed, and not fidgeting.
She fidgeted, not with movement of hands or feet, but with the restlessness of mind and eyes.
At first, the silks went smoothly enough, then hurry and close application brought on the fidgets again.
He talked a lot about his abnormal luck, but one man present seemed to be constantly on the fidget.
Besides, had he not admitted, in the night, that he "got worried and fidgeted by chaotic ideas"?
Percy fidgeted about in his chair, glanced at his mother, and then began playing with his pipe.
His suppressed excitement communicated itself to his companions, and they fidgeted about, impatient for dark to come.
Francis Lisle stopped in his flurried fidgeting about the room, and stared at her with impatient annoyance.
He consulted his watch repeatedly, he flushed and paled and fidgeted, then lost himself in frowning meditation.
She began to fidget from one foot to another, and a sudden wave of color flushed over her face.
They fidgeted in their saddles, and reined their horses back sharply whenever the beasts attempted to move.
His fingers were very tense and busy on his lap, as though he were still fidgeting with magic.
I suppose women can't help getting the fidgets once in a while and thinking all sorts of things.
Well, this man was in a hurry, it seems, and kept fidgeting around and looking at his watch.
For a long time there was no movement of any sort but the restless fidgeting of the horses.
It made him fidget and shift his position; and, once or twice, growl a little under his breath.
She wiped away a tear with the corner of her apron while the boys fidgeted in their chairs.
The more he has defined duties, the less he will be inclined to fidget and disturb the Nurse.
I believe he is dead myself; and it sometimes fidgets me that we have never put on mourning for him.
Atkins fidgeted in his chair for a minute, unable to deny the force of what Harrington had said.
Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.
Without appearing to hear her, he walked to the window, fidgeted about, hummed a tune, and seemed wholly self-occupied.
The lady kept on telling stories and reciting poems, and singing, until Marjorie almost had the fidgets.
Phil fidgeted, and others giggled, while Hugh tried to part his hair, as Susan had taught him.
Stott fidgeted, and then, as the flow of conversation gave no sign of running dry, he dammed it abruptly.
Early on the following morning he was in a fidget, having fixed no hour for his visit to Holloway.
He studied the helpless ones, peering longest at Ann Bryan; the black-haired girl was breathing harshly, fidgeting.
"The thought of those two brave fellows stealing through the dark and cold fidgets me beyond belief."
Ahead of him in the gathering twilight six other runners, in two groups, were fidgeting about in the cold.
I had been put, not in pony stall number eight, for I fidgeted when Cassowary motioned me in there.
Stott fidgeted, and then, as the flow of conversation gave no sign of running dry, he damned it abruptly.
The old woman saw the action, and fidgeted nervously, feeling that she ought not to be there.
Willy fidgeted, admired his boots, trimmed his nails, and tried to utilize every possible opening for conversation.
Every eye turned towards the witness, who fidgeted before answering, as if he was in doubt what to say.
Johnny smoked hard at the stump of his cigar, mended the fire and fidgeted, looking sideways at her.
Held back by his smile from bending to kiss him, poor Lady Valleys fidgeted from head to foot.
Signor Giacomo, who was longing to be off, began to fidget and puff, and glance towards the engineer.
He fidgeted in his chair, or paced the floor while talking incessantly about the business and its prospects.
"Stop that fidgeting, and make up your mind that the truth will serve, but the lie will condemn!"
Green turned round his chair and poked the fire, and fidgeted about for some moments before he answered.
He grew excited as the hour approached, and dressed in a great fidget for fear he should be too late.
Then I looked up at Nina again; she had the gift of repose, of standing or sitting still, without fidgets.
Wherever I looked eyes dropped, and timid hands fidgeted as their owners backed off from my dangerous enthusiasm.
Ann sugared her coffee with an air of detachment, and watched Robin fidgeting out of the tail of her eye.
Not by fidgeting and worrying and thinking of nothing but his own symptoms, but by cheerful patience.
Ramsey did not move, except that his right hand still fidgeted with the pen upon the table.
Outside, red-coated men and some in gray jammed their hats tight and tried to keep their fidgeting horses quiet.
"And she said: 'Ursula, dear, please do not fidget with your pencil,' in such a mild, apologetic little voice!"
She fidgeted from one foot to the other, and frowned as she looked down, and her face was flushed.
She looked round nervously, and her hands were fidgeting with her handkerchief, as if she were frightened to death.
Repeated the prince once more, fidgeting in his chair as though he could not settle himself firmly into it.
It fidgets in the stall; it lacks the repose which usually sits so beautifully upon the sick horse's frame.
He frowned on, fidgeting; then he said with decision: "Well, the only thing to do is to stop it altogether."
In the carriage he was kicking me all the time in the legs, to work off his fidgets, he said.
He fidgeted, and I saw that my question was an awkward one for him to answer without telling a lie.
Deprived of their last weapon, the Three could only stand and fidget till Phyllis came to the rescue.
She stretched herself, she fidgeted her two hands in the red hair which covered her forehead and neck.
He had a trick of holding his hands in front of him, fidgeting a piece of paper between his fingers.
She jumped to her feet and began fidgeting about the room, arranging her dress, her hair, fidgeting, fidgeting.
He fidgeted about, examining his rifle and pistols, tightened his belt, and looked in the direction of his horse.
An idea that he had perhaps not chosen the proper light in which to paint his picture fidgeted him.
Amilcare, whose desperate grinning made his jaws ache, noticed so much as he watched her, fidgeting in his place.
Said Miss Connie, who began to fidget with the cups and carefully cut the cake into five exact divisions.
Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring hard at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.
She went to her room and dressed, while he fidgeted about, read, smoked, and finally knocked at her door.
He had been fidgeting about on his seat for some time, but now he felt he could stand it no longer.
The cause of his fidget was a certain law of nature by which water seeks the shortest way down.
He fidgeted about all the time we were at lunch, and examined his watch at least twice in every five minutes.
The receiver continued its rattling noise in his ear as Morrow waited, fidgeting impatiently, and the seconds crawled past.
Twice her aunt said, "Cecilia, I do wish you wouldn't fidget, so you are as bad as any child of six."
Now just as usual Jenny Wren was fidgeting and fussing about, and Jimmy Skunk grinned as he watched her.