How to Use fidget in a Sentence

fidget

1 of 2 noun

• Take the stress out of their day with these squishy fidget toys.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 15 Feb. 2023
• And thus, the 2018 version of the fidget spinner was born.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Teen Vogue, 8 Feb. 2018
• If Nero fiddled as the world burned, we in 2017 fidget-spinned—and made memes about it.
  — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 20 July 2017
• Fast forward up to the 2000s with Crookers and Switch, and people with the fidget sound.
  — Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• From one of those weird people selling fidget spinners on the side of the street?
  — Emma Baty, Cosmopolitan, 8 Jan. 2018
• Take a look in the video above to see exactly how a fidget spinner works.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
• Replace your kid’s fidget spinner with a one-pound weight or even a can of beans.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
• That’s when the idea came to him to create clothing with fidget toys attached, so they wouldn’t get lost.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
• But elsewhere in the city, the sale of fidget spinners is decidedly off the books.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 22 May 2017
• For instance, dogs that are frightened may attempt to flee, fight, fret and fidget, or freeze.
  — Phillip Reese, Fortune Well, 27 Jan. 2024
• This Grateful Dead fidget cube, which first came out last year, makes for the perfect stocking stuffer for the Deadhead in your life.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
• Refresh for the summer with this pencil case, which combines storage with the hot fidget toy of the moment.
  — Selina Tedesco, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
• Toys R Us flew fidget spinners in this month from China, rather than wait for ship transport.
  — Joseph Pisani, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 May 2017
• The purpose of fidget spinners is to help people who fidget.
  — Rachel Scaman, Lake County News-Sun, 31 May 2017
• This could be a smooth rock, fidget spinner, lotion, a pet or loving exchange such as a hug.
  — Womensmedia, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• Alas, prescribing a fidget spinner is not a long-term fix.
  — Kate Murphy, ajc, 27 Sep. 2017
• Each petal has a bubble that gives a satisfying pop when it's pushed in, like those trendy pop fidget toys.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 16 Nov. 2022
• The Pop Its fidget toy blew up after appearing in a TikTok video.
  — Maressa Brown, Parents, 24 June 2023
• Sales of fidget spinners, a toy that has become ubiquitous in the past year, got twirling online first.
  — The Economist, 20 Sep. 2017
• Pro, the light-up fidget game by Buffalo Games & Puzzles.
  — Time, 22 Nov. 2022
• The next step is creating a space stocked with fidget toys, Nerf balls, a weighted blanket or a rocking chair.
  — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
• And now, Kim Kardashian is getting in on the trend with a questionable fidget spinner all of her own.
  — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 June 2017
• Joel Rodriguez shows the fidget toy attached to his Tasium T-shirt.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
• If the fidget spinner theme didn’t tip you off, the fair is geared toward families and samples the best of what this big state represents.
  — Julia Sclafani and Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 12 July 2018
• The fidget spinners aren’t the only toys Shula has in Spartanburg.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 12 Aug. 2017
• Sometimes, classes for the younger students start with a vigorous session of jumping jacks to get the fidgets out.
  — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 5 Apr. 2020
• School's out for summer for the 11-year-old, who walked into his new home with the ubiquitous fidget spinner Sunday evening.
  — Betsy Klein, CNN, 12 June 2017
• If bouts of nervousness tend to occur during times when you’re supposed to sit still, like in a Zoom meeting, a fidget toy may help.
  — Amanda Tarlton, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
• Price at time of publish: $15 Kids love fidget toys, and this menorah and dreidel Hanukkah set is a great gift for little ones to add to their collections.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
• Before the fidget spinner, there was the Tech Deck — the miniature skateboard everyone played with in middle school during the aughts.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 24 May 2022

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fidget

2 of 2 verb

• He was constantly fidgeting in his chair.
• One of the best ways to free your mind from stress is to fidget.
  — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 15 Dec. 2020
• The boys fidgeted on the ground and pulled at the grass, and their parents tried to smile.
  — Max Marshall, SI.com, 26 June 2019
• The restless brightness of the flames made them seem to fidget.
  — Ken Follett, Smithsonian, 15 Apr. 2019
• Don’t speak, don’t fidget, and for God’s sake, don’t look at your phone.
  — Jessica Gelt, latimes.com, 9 July 2018
• The audience, not sure, can only fidget and check the time.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2017
• Stay grounded, don’t squirm, fidget or look at your phone.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• DJuana points at her young son fidgeting in his seat and tears start to stain her cheeks.
  — Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2017
• Splatter has more than 30 arms, perfect for the person who loves to twist and fidget.
  — Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, 15 May 2021
• Which is not to say that fidget things will go away entirely.
  — Rob Manker, Naperville Sun, 9 May 2017
• Don’t fidget in your seat, look away from the camera or seem distracted.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• Once in the car, Joan started fidgeting with the door handle on her side, undoing the lock.
  — Katie Hafner, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
• But Lynch just fidgets with the microphone and smiles serenely.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
• One person can be seen fidgeting with the blood vials drawn from Bronstein while his body lies prone.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Nick, who has a habit of fidgeting with his wedding ring, answers no (more or less).
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018
• Lindsey Vonn fidgets with her pole straps before a race.
  — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 21 Feb. 2018
• Danielle is requesting the hot toy of the moment: fidget spinners.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 25 May 2017
• For pen clickers or even those that just like to fidget with different items.
  — Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2019
• In the full footage from the event, he was seen fidgeting and blinking frequently, and putting his head down for brief moments at a time.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Apr. 2018
• Nine-year-old Kaniya Fuqua-Strickland fidgets as the adults talk about her memory loss.
  — Tracie McMillan, National Geographic, 17 Feb. 2016
• Sometimes the hardest part of a pose can be to actually stay, breathe, and not fidget.
  — Abbie Barronian, Outside Online, 30 Apr. 2018
• The suspect continued to fidget and unable to stand still.
  — cleveland, 11 Nov. 2022
• Make sure to maintain good eye contact, sit up straight and avoid fidgeting.
  — Tim Madden, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• In fact, the killer maintained eye contact and did not fidget while deceiving.
  — Jessica Seigel, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2021
• Beth Warren Natasha Turpin began to fidget, tapping her foot on the car floorboard on the way to see her two youngest children.
  — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2018
• The purpose of fidget spinners is to help people who fidget.
  — Rachel Scaman, Lake County News-Sun, 31 May 2017
• After fidgeting on the way over, Mr. Johnson picked up the office phone and heard his brother’s voice.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2023
• Your fingertips fidgeted with a pinch of fabric on the bottom of your sweater.
  — Nicole Piasecki, Longreads, 19 Apr. 2018
• Sid, soft-spoken, radiating a kind of beatific innocence, is the older by almost eight years but seems that many years the younger; Marty, fidgeting while Sid tells some long story, will jump in to get to the point.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Behavior that might normally raise suspicion—sweating, say, or fidgeting—is concealed behind the screen.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023

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