fidget
verb (used without object)
to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
have fidgeted
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present perfectof fidget.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It is pleasanter to know; might have fidgeted her if she had not found out.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
"She needn't have fidgeted herself after three o'clock," answered Rorie coolly; "my luggage must have come home by that time."
From Vixen, Volume I. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Mr. Gosse, for instance, has his explanation: that the spectators must have fidgeted, and wished ‘that the actors and actresses would be doing something.’
From The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] by G. S. (George Slythe) Street
So am I. Anne would have fidgeted frightfully about a son.
From The Helpmate by May Sinclair
