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“Well – ” I stammered, as I fidgetted in my seat a trifle.

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Struthers still fidgetted with the blotter, with his thin, very red, hairy hand, and abstractedly stared at the desk in front of him.

Kangaroo 2004

I fidgetted a lot during the video which I don't normally do.

sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002

He said hastily, 'I'll try the operator,' and I fidgetted and fumed around him in simulated anxiety while the operator tried without success and reported the number out of order.

Twice shy Francis, Dick, 1920- 1981

He said that when I first came into the box to see him as "Rip," he thought I did not like him, because I fidgetted and rustled and moved my place, as is my wicked way.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. Various

Bending above this, she relieved the wait by merry, lilting tunes like the music of a bobolink, while Kitty fidgetted in and out, the puckers in her forehead every minute growing deeper.

The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark

The minister looked steadily at him, and Dean flushed still further and fidgetted uncomfortably.

Swirling Waters Max Rittenberg

As he was tucking his napkin into his waistcoat, and ordering our various breakfasts, the gentleman who sat next to him listened -- he could not help it -- fidgetted, and finally, with some embarrassment, spoke.

A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Sara Jeannette Duncan

He related the most extraordinary tales and fidgetted about eternally while in the boat.

A Source Book of Australian History Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne

Something evidently disturbed the old gentleman's mind, and he fidgetted nervously, until he had relieved himself with the explosive remark:

Six Girls A Home Story Fannie Belle Irving