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- verb Past participle of
fidget
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Examples
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She was scrupulously kind to her, and the governess was scrupulously exact in all courtesy and attention; still that impassible, self-contained demeanor, that great reticence – it might be shyness, it might be pride, – sometimes, Ursula privately admitted, "fidgeted" her.
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She fidgeted with a raveled thread on her sleeve, her wary gaze never leaving his face.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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The mare fidgeted, but Alex quietened her with his whispered words and his gentle hands.
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
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Last night, both fighters had fidgeted and fussed as Logan healed Rytlock.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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I fidgeted near the door for a long minute and then decided to go back downstairs to the small chapel off the main lobby.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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They grimaced and gulped and fidgeted from foot to foot.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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He fidgeted and looked to the sides, uneasy, as if wishing he could go off alone and meditate.
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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She fidgeted, then said, Well, I should get inside.
At Hidden Falls Barbara Freethy 2011
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Umber blinked and fidgeted, as if some inner struggle was manifesting itself in his hands and feet.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Vin Priganti, known to everyone in Bensonhurst as “the Son” of local mob boss Tino Priganti, fidgeted in a chair behind the Kroons.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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