Hughes plucked at his robe -- little palsied fidgets. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
Houten shifted restlessly in his chair, Nicotine fidgets. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
McCain fidgets and reads nervously over Palin's shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Linda Milazzo: McCain's Misogyny & Fear Keep Palin On Tight Leash!] Reference
When asked why he did it, the boy averts his eyes, fidgets. From Wordnik.com. [Ordinary Boys] Reference
None the less, the announcement threw Mahony into the fidgets. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
The way he fidgets about the room with his hands in his pockets!. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Doll] Reference
He was getting fidgets when Caroline showed up, moving silently. From Wordnik.com. [Tunnel In The Sky]
He fidgets in his chair, and seems anxious to end the interview. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
A young woman in a fur-trimmed coat fidgets as she waits in line. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Sophie fidgets on top of her horse as Delia tries to strap her in. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
It fidgets me to death to have a man walking and puffing after me. '. From Wordnik.com. [Gladys, the Reaper] Reference
His voice was deep and rich and somehow took the fidgets out of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]
He fidgets with the dial on the radio, glancing over again at the blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Your Brother] Reference
Nucingen was walking up and down the room as if his legs had the fidgets. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
"Mary gets the fidgets if something ain't happening ever minute," Buf said. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
They call us "road-tyrants" and rowdies; but, lor! it's all fidgets and fuss. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892] Reference
'Sit down, do, -- I can't abide to see folks standing; it gives me the fidgets.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
"You're as bad as an old woman with the fidgets," said the second voice crossly. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
He also fidgets, bobs slightly up and down in his executive desk chair, and weaves. From Wordnik.com. [Host] Reference
"What's 'fidgets'?" asked Rose, quite shocked by the way Alice spoke of her mother. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's] Reference
Ferdinand fidgets and paces behind Isabella; Isabella is still, looking at her hands. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Isabella Eats a Pineapple and Misses the Jews] Reference
"You'll give us all the fidgets if you keep on wriggling, Jennie," declared Aunt Kate. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
I suppose women can't help getting the fidgets once in a while and thinking all sorts of things. From Wordnik.com. [The Triflers] Reference
He had wild blond hair, crazy blue eyes, a million freckles, and a permanent case of the fidgets. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Lead Skies]
‘My dear,’ said Mr Sparkler, flashing with an original conception, ‘I think you must have got the fidgets.’. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
Then she became aware that the women round her were murmuring together, stirring with little fidgets of preparation. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
Where are the pains in my bones, where are the fidgets in my legs, where is the Frenchman with the nightcap who never. From Wordnik.com. [Reprinted Pieces] Reference
In its early stages the pupa fidgets on the slightest disturbance; but presently becomes insensible to the lightest touch. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
A general fidgets with a sword that the wind has wrapped into his greatcoat and the cocked hats flutter like frightened hens. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
"Well, because I missed working with him, I'd say Je --" She catches herself before finishing the name Jeff, tugs on her fingers, fidgets. From Wordnik.com. [Actress Melissa Leo, of 'Treme' and 'Frozen River,' talks about her career] Reference
Sometimes the mother eagle takes a break and the father sits on the eggs for a few hours but fidgets, offering a glimpse of the new eaglet. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Eaglets Hatching Now on Live Web Cam] Reference
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