FIDGET in a Sentence

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He fidgeted to and fro, swishing his long black tail against his sides and occasionally uttering a little whinny of surprise.

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 Meanings and Examples of FIDGET
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fidget
 v.  move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  She began at length to recover, to fidget about in her chair, get up, sit down again, wonder, and bless herself.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 59
2  He fidgeted to and fro, swishing his long black tail against his sides and occasionally uttering a little whinny of surprise.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
3  Isa fidgeted; glancing to right and to left over her shoulder.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
4  From under this great panoply she peeped up in a nervous, hesitating fashion at our windows, while her body oscillated backward and forward, and her fingers fidgeted with her glove buttons.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
5  More than once he fidgeted with his feet and tapped rapidly with his fingers upon the wall.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
6  The European Secretary pulled nervously at his moustache and fidgeted with the seals of his watch-chain.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
7  Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and began staring at the Hatter, who turned pale and fidgeted.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
8  He would have tossed and fidgeted, as his nerves demanded, but he was afraid he might wake Sid.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  I fidgeted up and down the raft, abusing myself to myself, and Jim was fidgeting up and down past me.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI.
10  Beside him Honey Wilkes, so called because she indiscriminately addressed everyone from her father to the field hands by that endearment, fidgeted and giggled as she called greetings to the arriving guests.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  Uncle Henry fidgeted, coughed and did not look at her, lest he catch sight of a tear that would upset him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
12  On a slow afternoon when she fidgeted over sewing and wished that the telephone would ring, Bea announced Miss Vida Sherwin.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  Thenardier fidgeted, coughed, spit, blew his nose, and creaked his chair.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
14  You make me nervous, fidgeting about.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
15  But she suddenly stopped fidgeting.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  The children always fidget in their seats.
2  Waiting impatiently in line to see Santa Claus, even the best-behaved children grow restive and start to fidget.
3  She fidgeted in her chair as she took a deep, tremulous breath.
4  Children can't sit still for long without fidgeting.