fidget
verb (used without object)
to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
was fidgeting
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past progressiveof fidget.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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You could definitely see it in the witness box: Bankman-Fried was fidgeting throughout, shifting left and right in his seat, and glaring at the courtroom with a low-eyebrow glower and a consistent frown.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2023
The traditionally measured, calm and 'in control' diver had disappeared and, in his place, stood a man with little composure who was fidgeting.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2021
Bradley, facing a bunker shot at 18, was fidgeting and adjusting his hat.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 12, 2016
He sounded calm, but he was fidgeting with his hands, as if trying to flick gum from his fingertips.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015
Blackberry was fidgeting on and off the thwart, strung up, able to feel only too clearly all that Hazel felt himself.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
