fidget
verb (used without object)
to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
had fidgeted
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past perfectof fidget.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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General Lewis Hyde Brereton had fidgeted for weeks waiting for the moment to arrive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since then, every evening, Mom and Grandma had fidgeted, going to the kitchen on the landing, finding something to do on the roof, unable to relax as they waited for Dad to come home.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
He had fidgeted with his bit of string till there was not an inch of it free from the most complicated and elaborate knots.
From The Old Man in the Corner by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
During this recital the Elder had fidgeted to the end of his chair.
From Captain Pott's Minister by Francis L. (Francis Le Roy) Cooper
The Professor had fidgeted, fumed, and fussed during Quincy's occupancy of the platform.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Charles Felton Pidgin
