| 单词 | twiddle |
| 例句 | “Even if he whups ’em at Gettysburg, he’ll just sit on his hands twiddling about in the Pennsylvania rain until Lee regroups and has another go at it.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z After twiddling their thumbs a few minutes, the children stacked their suitcases and took turns standing on them to peek over the wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I twiddle about with lines of verse now and then, but it’s only a hobby. In any case, thank you for indulging me.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “More tea, I think,” said Dumbledore, closing the door behind Harry, Ron, and Hermione, drawing out his wand, and twiddling it; a revolving tea tray appeared in midair along with a plate of cakes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And no use just sitting there twiddling his thumbs till they needed him to hand up powder. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He leans back in his chair, twiddling his moustache. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The wizard went back to the desk, sat down, and twiddled his thumbs, watching the door. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "We don’t really see the creator twiddling twenty knobs to set twenty parameters to create the universe as we know it." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It twiddles along for a minute through the air and lands on the brown ottoman, which enrages my mother because it didn’t fall fast enough or land hard enough. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When he heard her coming, he would lay aside his work, lean back, and twiddle his thumbs. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The men within the door stared at one another, shifting on their boots, twiddling their fingers, and holding onto their hip belts. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all waving and twiddling their wands in unison, and squares of colored paper were flying in every direction like little pink kites. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I twiddle my finger against it, not sure if she can feel it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “No, boss,” the guy says, twiddling a mustache, “only men’s medium and men’s extra-extra-large.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When I squeeze her breasts, she makes more; when I twiddle the side of the bra, she doesn’t make any. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He twiddles his thumbs and takes a few measured breaths. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Doctor Gordon twiddled a silver pencil "Your mother tells me you are upset." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He hurried over and stood at their table, twiddling his fingers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Her gaze skipped from one spot to another, her fingers twiddled with the edge of her shirt. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Well, it’s my idea that in all these interludes, whenever Dave became a psychiatric case, he went off into a moronic maze, spending his time twiddling his fingers.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She picked up my boxer shorts when I was folding them, and she had this smile, and she put her finger through the vent in the front and twiddled it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have gone temporarily deaf and haven’t any idea what you said, Harry,” said Dumbledore, twiddling his thumbs and staring at the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Harry, Harry, just the man I was hoping to see!” he boomed genially, twiddling the ends of his walrus mustache and puffing out his enormous belly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Charles’s mom coyly twiddled her fingertips against her cheek. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Of course it looks to Terry like Molly is just twiddling her thumbs, letting the time slide like a government worker punching a clock. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Wasn’t silly, wasn’t always twiddling her plaits, didn’t tattle or gossip, didn’t hit boys over the head with books or scrape the back of your neck with a sweetgum burr when you weren’t looking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Wild!” he said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Yes, while the rest of you were twiddling your thumbs, Tris climbed the Ferris wheel to look for the other team,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z ‘Are you sure you is not twiddling my leg?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He twiddled his fat thumbs and fidgeted as he watched Dumbledore fasten his traveling cloak, and Harry zip up his jacket. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Marly looked at Daddy, and Daddy sat looking at the floor, twiddling his thumbs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The very planet where I’d been twiddling my thumbs for the past five years? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Because they weren’t building a new radio format or otherwise engaging with the mainstream, each moved in the directions that felt authentic to it, toward pop clarity or progressive twiddle or slovenly roaring. Review: Baroness, Rebuilt Without Edges, Plays at Saint Vitus 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z "We didn't spend much time twiddling our thumbs," drummer Matt Helders told . Arctic Monkeys: "We're a gang again" 2013-09-12T06:55:20Z The required knobs are twiddled just in time for an incredibly well-received Millionaire, though, which lifts the flagging audience's spirits. Kelis at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-27T12:59:00Z Michael Connelly’s detective is never one to twiddle thumbs, of course. Smart Watch: Get your "Game of Thrones" TV alternatives here! 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z There are picturesque groupings and a memorably spinning ring in which the village girls all twiddle their feet in the air as the circle of soldiers, lifting them, rotates. Mikhailovsky Ballet, Full of Stars at Lincoln Center 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Assorted illustrators and authors are twiddling their thumbs at signing booths, shuffling the postcards or limited-edition prints they've brought along to autograph. Comic-Con: Preview night 2010-07-22T12:58:00Z As if to emphasise the distinction, he sits down throughout this touring show, twiddling knobs on a sound desk. Daniel Kitson – review 2013-05-20T17:05:47Z Her mother had advanced cancer and Distant was twiddling her thumbs overseas, judging her mother's health-care choices from her remote perch. Perspective | Ask Amy: Girl pressed for nude photo should wear T-shirt, instead 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z At the Met stagehands still twiddle dials, plug in cables, consult numbered charts and use a lot of muscle. Metropolitan Opera Embarks on $60 Million Renovation 2012-12-05T23:10:28Z He couldn’t get this week off, and I didn’t want to twiddle our thumbs at home during spring break. A ski trip for 3, with 1 grown-up: Actually, yes, it can be fun 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z “And once the challenge is gone, I sit around twiddling my thumbs.” Greek yogurt you’ll swear came from the gods 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Diffidently peering at his feet and twiddling switches, he's the very picture of someone whose natural habitat is the recording studio. Mark Ronson and the Business Intl 2010-09-30T20:30:00Z In one montage, we see Fox twiddling pens, holding phones, checking his watch, rolling up his sleeves, anything to mask the shaking in his left hand. Making a Michael J. Fox Movie With Michael J. Fox’s Movies 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Liberated from chronology and fact, the comedy-drama twiddles the timeline of Catherine’s career and marriage. Catherine Was Great. But Was She a Girl Boss? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z He isn't twiddling his thumbs waiting to find out. In 'November Man' Pierce Brosnan gets tougher with age 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Isaac in Drive In fact, it is the experience of being met by a blind eye for 10 years, twiddling thumbs as Ryan Gosling mops up the applause, that lends Isaac's performance its oomph. Oscar Isaac: 'The irony is not lost on me. Being celebrated for playing someone who wasn't' 2013-05-23T18:30:01Z For a while, he did the live concert version of twiddling his thumbs: He took requests. Music Review: Schoolboy Q, With Chart-Topping ‘Oxymoron,’ at Best Buy Theater 2014-03-05T23:23:16Z The thumbs that must have been twiddling on film sets around the world… Nakedness has been very big this year. Cannes 2013 round-up, week 2: Gosling for breakfast, skinflicks for lunch 2013-05-25T10:59:01Z We sat twiddling our thumbs for another hour or so. ‘I liked going to New York as a drug trafficker’: Duane Jackson 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Mascis was not exactly twiddling his thumbs as he fielded offers from American indie royalty. Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis turned down Nirvana offer 2012-10-05T10:25:51Z And “I felt like, I’m not going to sit in your house all day twiddling my thumbs while you’re out doing your thing,” Ms. Valonis said. Two Octogenarians Commit to ‘Living Apart Together’ 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z "There are tons of reality TV stars sitting on their couches and twiddling their thumbs because they haven't created anything else," Hantz said. 'Survivor' contestant Russell Hantz lands series 2011-05-16T21:22:02Z Photograph: Phil Fisk When I sat in my high chair, my mother says my toes used to twiddle excitedly whenever food was coming. Jessie Ware: 'I'm such a bully about food' 2013-01-19T22:00:00Z If you decide that you want to play nothing but riot grrrl punk, however, there is a lot more standing around and twiddling of hair between songs. Paris Hilton the DJ? Next time, bring your iPod 2012-06-26T11:20:01Z Her performance is crammed full of bits, seemingly from a dim-bulb checklist: hair twiddling, lip biting, excitable bouncing, wide-eyed wonder, slack-jawed blankness. ‘Lay the Favorite’ doesn’t quite add up | Movie review 2012-12-06T22:05:48Z There's the steam and the heat, the twiddling of knobs and levers, the fetishisation of kit, the strobing lights, the primacy of body language above the roar. 'It's not about steel, it's the attitude' 2013-06-17T15:52:00Z So we plugged it straight into the mix console and rolled the track and he just started twiddling knobs and flicking switches to make these cool sounds. Mick Collins's Dirtbombs are in the Detroit mix 2011-01-22T00:06:36Z The items he chooses to twiddle include dumbbells and boxing gloves and “a thing that they stick in dead pigs” to keep their legs apart as “all the blood runs out.” Review: In ‘American Buffalo,’ Grift Is the Coin of the Realm 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z “Honestly, the impetus was that I was bored in my previous job and Will, too, was twiddling his thumbs,” she added. Theme at London Festival Is Simply 'Funny' 2010-09-02T10:00:00Z And if you are twiddling your thumbs waiting for Eurovision to start, then BBC Archive has put together a from song contests gone by. Eurovision 2014: Reporter's diary 2014-05-11T11:21:17Z Moments of it are ghastly: At one point four ballerinas, lying on their backs, extend their stretched legs vertically in the air and twiddle them in entrechats. Review: British and American Ballets Showcase Youthful Blend of Style and Skill 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z It doesn't happen if you just sit and twiddle your thumbs, unlike video games. Novels remain the best interactive media 2013-07-12T13:00:03Z Anna Calvi, the impressively twiddling guitarist with an equally impressive set of lungs, struggled with tinny, muted vocals and guitar, though she stormed through debut single Jezebel regardless, and Desire even prompted a singalong. Field Day ? review 2011-08-09T10:53:42Z Architects secretly fret that their twiddles and swoops may not mean very much; on a boat, design decisions are a matter of life and death. Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth – review 2013-06-01T23:05:24Z They all recall long talks about developing a shared idiosyncrasy each would feed into his scenes, involving the choreographed twiddling of a Zippo lighter, but the idea was ditched. Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin: three actors, one man 2010-11-21T06:00:00Z It’s been 12 years since Chaka Khan released a studio album, but “I wasn’t sitting, twiddling my thumbs,” the singer known as the Queen of Funk said recently. Chaka Khan on Artistic Freedom, Her Side Hustles and Joni Mitchell 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z While Horn is hidden away in the studio, adding final touches to the double Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, Morley twiddles his thumbs and dreams up ever-more absurd gambits to hype it. ZTT: 'Every record company panicked after Two Tribes' – a classic feature from the vaultsZTT: 'Every record company panicked after Two Tribes' 2013-01-01T11:00:00Z “I thought I might be sitting around all day twiddling my thumbs.” Giving Yourself Away Online 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z He folded his hands at his waist, twiddled his thumbs and then, with his eyes twinkling again, put out a last plaintive call: “Anyone else want to be sworn in as a Senator today?” A Biden Moment 2013-01-26T01:36:39Z He is, he cheerfully concedes, quite an unusual character, renowned for twiddling a plastic drinking straw on account of having what he calls an "overactive gene", which can sometimes make him look "a bit insane". Stephen Poliakoff on Dancing on the Edge: 'I can come across as arrogant' 2013-01-27T18:00:01Z After graduating with a first-class degree, I spent what seemed like a lifetime twiddling my thumbs in unsatisfying entry-level roles and, like many humanities graduates in my cohort, waiting at the jobcentre. The arts need diversity schemes 2010-08-16T17:00:00Z Synth-pop/laptop pop – whatever you call it, it's normally boys found twiddling with knobs. Trends of 2012: New artists make a mark 2012-12-19T12:52:57Z Executive producer Sue Vertue said in a statement, "It's taken a little while to get the dates sorted as none of the boys are exactly sitting back twiddling their thumbs." 'Sherlock' set for fourth season and a special 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z "I could either twiddle my thumbs or I could do something to help people and open," he said. Restaurant serves up food, comfort during Lewiston manhunt 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z "After coming out of Eurovision, it meant I wasn't twiddling my thumbs. I had a whole album to promote so we had to keep going". Mae Muller: Eurovision broke my heart but album kept me going 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z He recalled that his dad would often say "I've had enough and I'm going to quit" performing but would then sit for about four to six weeks "twiddling his fingers" before starting a new band. Simon Pegg pays tribute to musician dad John Beckingham 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z But staff were not stood around twiddling their thumbs waiting for more news. Wilko: 'We have no idea if we will have a job' 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z He’s also correct that both parties bear some responsibility and have twiddled their thumbs as working-class Americans die by the tens of thousands from drugs, alcohol and suicide. An anthem for workers left behind | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z "It's July 2023. Building out the leadership of that operation today, so they can sit around and twiddle their thumbs for the next six months would be nuts," he said. Biden's age is his 'superpower' in 2024, Jeffrey Katzenberg says 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Manzanares wasn’t alone, with many of the solos and duets in the show feeling like the theatrical equivalent of actors twiddling their thumbs. Highs and lows in Seattle Public Theater, Reboot’s ‘110 in the Shade’ 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Rather than bow out peacefully before voting began this time, McCarthy sat in his aisle chair for three rounds of votes, twiddling his glasses, shifting in his chair, whispering to a senior aide. Analysis | Kevin McCarthy wasn’t ‘the one’ 7 years ago. He wasn’t on Tuesday, either. 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z But when the County Championship was suspended during World War Two, he found himself twiddling his thumbs. Sir David Butler, pioneering election analyst, dies aged 98 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z There was a woman in a leather hat complaining that she had been treated rudely by a county worker, a man watching while he twiddled a Rubik’s Cube. G.O.P. Begins Ballot Watching Push Ahead of Election Day 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z It was twiddling its thumbs in the back. L.A. Affairs: There was a big problem in our relationship. He lived in Nashville 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z There’s no automated arm, no twiddling of a joystick from an air-conditioned truck cabin. 100 in the truck, 120 on the roof: How workers are coping with California's heat wave 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z That’s a two-year extension on the previous estimate, but experts say it’s still not good news, and the government needs to stop twiddling its thumbs. What Medicare Part A’s belly-up date means for you 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z As the lights dimmed, Gabriella tucked one hand in the other, twiddling her thumbs. One last trip: Gabriella Walsh’s decision to die — and celebrate life — on her own terms 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z “So might as well be out playing golf rather than sitting twiddling my thumbs.” Early start helps amateur player Brown at British Open 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “What are the rest of us supposed to do? Just twiddle our thumbs and send players and capital over to Europe?” said Montagliani, a Canadian. The Biennial World Cup May Be Dead, but FIFA’s Fight Isn’t Over 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “What are the rest of us supposed to do? Just twiddle our thumbs and keeping sending players and capital over to Europe? That can’t happen. I’m sorry.” Europe-South America partnership could challenge FIFA power 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “My former staff felt they had nothing to do — twiddling their thumbs,” one former official said. How auto regulators played mind games with Elon Musk 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z “I was twiddling my thumbs, thinking about the breakup that just happened a few weeks prior,” he said of a long stretch of waiting in the jury room that morning. Maxwell juror who omitted history of sexual abuse in screening calls error ‘one of the biggest mistakes’ of his life 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z White said his girlfriend, actress Nina Dobrev, has been suggesting he get busy making a list of things he wants to do in retirement “so I’m not sitting around twiddling my thumbs.” AP exclusive: White looks to Super Bowl, rest and new start 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z After engaging the system, you can twiddle your toes and put your hands in the air like you just don’t care. Opinion | Help. I’ve Fallen for That Cadillac Escalade. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z While twiddling my thumbs at the gate, I received two emails from the airline. The U.S. gained three new low-budget airlines last year. We flew them all. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z “I don‘t think they’re up there twiddling their thumbs and not taking it seriously,” said Aimy Steele, executive director of the New North Carolina Project. Black activists say the time for pretty speeches is over. They need an action plan from Biden on voting rights. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z But they would capture people's attention — often the attention of people who barely pay attention — and prove that Democrats do care and aren't just twiddling their thumbs. Biden doesn't need Manchin: 5 executive actions he can take right now to build back better 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z They all largely twiddled their thumbs as accusations mounted that much was unhealthy in the GET-THIN campaign. Column: 1-800-GET-THIN promoter convicted of fraud 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “But we’re just sort of sitting here and twiddling our thumbs and thinking, ‘When are we going to be protected? Children 5 and older now have a coronavirus vaccine. But many parents of younger kids are still anxiously waiting. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “So now I’m done, sitting here twiddling my thumbs and trying not to buy more.” This Black Friday, shoppers are back in malls 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “You know it’s going to end. So you can’t just sit around and twiddle your thumbs.” Federal Jobless Aid, a Lifeline to Millions, Reaches an End 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “I did protest his house, because he’s sitting out there in Maple Grove twiddling his thumbs with his white privilege,” she said. On anniversary, Minneapolis reflects on how George Floyd's death changed their community forever 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “The government sort of twiddled its thumbs until the very last moment,” Kang says. The pandemic surge at home is threatening an Indian vaccinemaker’s bid to protect the world 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z “The last thing anyone needs is another riot,” Chan said with a dark laugh, twiddling the plastic spoon taped to a pen kept on the counter for signing receipts. At flashpoint of George Floyd protests, Fairfax Avenue reacts to verdict with relief 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Running on your record requires having a record to run on, not on twiddling your thumbs for two years because an arbitrary and unnecessary Senate tradition stops you from passing bills. Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss and trans kids: How Democrats are already letting Republicans win in 2022 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z “I’m just going to sit here twiddling my thumbs until sometime in April,” said Mastrangelo, who described himself as a “healthy 37-year-old with a desk job.” Perspective | The newest curse of covid-19 is vaccine envy 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z "There were no shortcuts to viral content. No corporate fingers twiddling the algorithms. It was simply attention-grabbing and quality material that rose to the top." Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z And while the legislature twiddles its thumbs, others are acting. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z “Don’t wear a necklace if you’re tempted to twiddle it,” advised the paper. The housewife, the ghost hunter and the poltergeist 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z We have no more time to twiddle our collective thumbs. The future has arrived. These explosive fires are our climate change wakeup call 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z The bad news is that the entire tech-and-democracy world will now be sitting around for another two days twiddling our thumbs while we wait for the social networking event of the summer. What Congress should as at Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z "But don't keep twiddling your thumbs while the American people are burning from a virus and a tanking economy." “Mitch better have my money”: Protesters march to McConnell’s home as he weighs 80% unemployment cut 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z "These mayors are literally twiddling their thumbs and playing politics." Sean Hannity says Democratic leaders 'have failed and people are dying' in response to Chicago violence 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Alma’s poltergeist not only twiddled necklaces but sprang them from shop counters; it whipped saucers across rooms, upended eiderdowns, spun rings on to fingers. The housewife, the ghost hunter and the poltergeist 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The good news is that women haven’t been twiddling our thumbs waiting for city planners or politicians to solve these problems. 'Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky' – do cities have to be so sexist? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z But the IOC, by twiddling its thumbs, is pushing her further. Perspective | Higher, faster ... tone-deafer? The IOC needs to wake up on its protest policies. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z If you’ve been twiddling your thumbs, you might as well put them to good use while your tongue gets twisted learning a new language. Five ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at home 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Now certainly isn’t the time to passively sit on the sidelines, idly twiddling your thumbs. Jeff Sessions says campaigning amid social distancing restrictions is ‘strange,’ China ‘anger’ resonating 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z One teacher described the past month as “just twiddling our thumbs, in all honesty.” Failed tech, missed warnings: How Fairfax schools’ online learning debut went sideways 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z "Sit and watch a patient, and twiddle away with all the different knobs to keep their patients alive. It's absolutely amazing." Caring for PM in hospital 'surreal' for nurse 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Trump, for one, is to blame because he twiddled his thumbs and denied the virus was serious until it had exploded across the country. Are Trump and his allies setting up Dr. Fauci as the pandemic scapegoat? 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Students who have had their clinical experiences put on pause aren’t just twiddling their thumbs. As some US medical students heed call to action, others are sidelined amid pandemic 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z He twiddled his thumbs and lied about the threat for months instead of doing something about it. Trump empowered conspiracy theorists: Now they're a major threat to public health and safety 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z He clasped his hands and twiddled his thumbs. Besieged Trump announces Europe travel ban in effort to stem coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z He didn’t spend it mindlessly twiddling his thumbs. Rebuilt Sporting Kansas City off to hot start to MLS season 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z More thumb twiddling would be both bad politics and bad policy. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Lovato said it’s important for her to plan ahead so that she doesn’t find herself on Monday “twiddling my thumbs like, ‘OK, what am I doing with my life now? Demi Lovato is already bracing for the letdown after her Grammys performance 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z “While bureaucrats and industry shills twiddle their thumbs, the Chinese Communist Party continues to purchase sensitive U.S. technologies with clear military applications,” he said. Exclusive: U.S. initial crackdown on advanced tech exports appears more restrained than feared 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z They stand no chance with the modern driver - sending a text, twiddling the radio dial or scarfing a morning Egg McMuffin - behind the wheel. Editorials from around New England 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z When Perry began his formal prayer, Trump assumed a posture of piety — eyes closed, bowed head, clasped hands — but began to twiddle his thumbs and briefly opened his eyes. How the Trump Cabinet’s Bible Teacher Became a Shadow Diplomat 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z “We might not have qualified for September’s debate, but we won’t sit by and twiddle our thumbs,” Mr. Ryan wrote in a fund-raising appeal Tuesday. Michael Bennet, Steve Bullock and Other Low-Polling Democrats Soldier On 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z She told me not to speak so fast, or be nervous making eye contact, and she said "don't twiddle with your hands". 'A free designer suit changed my life' 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z “Took a year off, twiddling my thumbs, now I’m back and letting it loose.” Cole Madison finds his way back to football with Packers 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z “I do think that’s nice not waiting around till 3 o’clock to tee off, kind of twiddling your thumbs,” Finau said. Masters 2019: Stormy forecast forces Sunday schedule change 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z “A lot less time to twiddle my thumbs,” he said with a laugh. Tony Finau is anxious to see how he handles a potentially career-changing Sunday at Augusta National - Golf Digest 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Instead of enforcing its patent, Krellenstein said, the CDC is “twiddling their thumbs.” Taxpayers funded this HIV research. The government patented it. Now a company profits 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Instead of enforcing the patent, Krellenstein said, CDC officials are “twiddling their thumbs.’ An HIV treatment cost taxpayers millions. The government patented it. But a pharma giant is making billions. 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z It’s a stark contrast to Donald Trump’s reaction to mass shootings, a written-by-numbers offer of “thoughts and prayers”, then a twiddle of his thumbs until the next atrocity. Republicans must follow Ardern’s lead and stand up to the gun lobby | Dani Garavelli 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z "I believe it would be my statutory right to just sit here and twiddle my thumbs while you all ask questions," he said. Maxine Waters and Democrats assail consumer finance watchdog for industry-friendly shift 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Attempting to locate one of the rarest animals on the planet, US government scientist Joe Madison pointed an antiquated VHF tracking antenna at a tangle of thick vegetation and twiddled some dials on the receiver. Red wolf: the struggle to save one of the rarest animals on Earth 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z “I’m not going to be sitting on the couch, twiddling my thumbs. That would be boring. It’s all about pushing myself.” Ambitious Vonn to ‘take on the world’ after skiing career 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The twiddling and diddling on Capitol Hill, it seems, will go on. Robert Mueller should charge Trump with committing a crime only a president can commit 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Now they’re laying concertina wire when they’re not twiddling their thumbs, and Trump has pretty much stopped mentioning the supposed enemy heading their way. Opinion | E Tu Jim Mattis? 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The next day further jiggling of the telescope and twiddling of switches was performed: the issue now appears to be resolved. Hubble telescope fixed by 'jiggling it around' 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z He twiddled the joint with his fingers, sucking the smoke a little harder, but even with a wall between them the words came out under his breath. Fiction by Bryan Washington: “Waugh” 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Adults tend to be most amazed by speedcubing — I can tell by the reaction of strangers watching my son twiddle away in public. Children of the Cube 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z It’s been one outrage after another, and they’ve sat up there on Capitol Hill twiddling and diddling the whole time. Robert Mueller should charge Trump with committing a crime only a president can commit 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Unlike wildfire or pestilence, this president’s enthusiasm for twiddling his thumbs on Twitter cannot be contained. California Editorial Rdp 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z After twiddling my thumbs for a month, I ordered the Ergo Sculpt, and it was like reuniting with an old friend. Review: Three ‘ergonomic’ mice include just one winner 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Give me the name of an unexpected collaborator and chances are he’s twiddled knobs in their vicinity. The eight weirdest collaborations in pop 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Half of Africa is a Chinese client state now while we busily twiddle our thumbs and bomb people with drones. Filipinos Get a Glimpse of Their Ruined City. The Chinese Get the Contract. 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z And the Republicans just sit idly by, twiddling their thumbs while Rome burns. Why China Is Confident It Can Beat Trump in a Trade War 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Two greedy tyrants destroyed two African nations that actually had a chance ... meanwhile Liberals just twiddled their thumbs. Jacob Zuma Steps Down as South Africa’s President 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z With the future involving very low transaction costs, along with quick and secure execution, it's naïve to expect that central banks are just twiddling their thumbs. What to Expect from Cryptocurrency in 2018 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Perhaps he is rapidly twiddling his thumbs in a reclined position or dancing with only his upper body. Bradley Beal and Otto Porter carry more weight without John Wall 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z And while it is unclear, Europe must continue to twiddle its many thumbs. Merkel’s Troubles May Spell Trouble for All of Europe 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s a lot to think about while you twiddle your thumbs and stare into space. Perspective | In MLB playoff format, ‘Sometimes those off days can be tough on good teams’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z “Well, some days we just twiddle our thumbs,” Walker said. North Dakota suffers repercussions of drought conditions 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z If we twiddle our thumbs waiting for the perfect experiment, we are taking a big risk and I for one am not willing to do that. Are smartphones really making our children sad? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t mean teachers sit at home twiddling their thumbs. ‘I’m a real person’: Teachers who wear different hats 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z “You have 25 knobs that you can twiddle and they basically describe all the variations in the shape of the face,” said Tsao. Scientists discover how the brain recognises faces - by reading monkey's minds 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z He twiddled his glasses in his right hand. For Dave Strader, a.k.a. ‘The Voice,’ NHL playoffs are an escape from chemotherapy 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z A shortage of foot traffic, however, doesn’t mean employees twiddle their thumbs. The jolly prankster of Oakley, and other Main Street faces 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Or, for that matter, taking down the guitar that sits beneath the great man's portrait and giving it a twiddle. Should you go loco over trailer for Pixar's Coco? - BBC News 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Not that the big banks are twiddling their thumbs while tech upstarts steal their business. Why this Chinese New Year will be a digital money fest - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z But under normal circumstances, one thing an Upper West Side enhancer will not do is reach across town to twiddle genes residing on the Upper East Side. A Family’s Shared Defect Sheds Light on the Human Genome 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Surely we can’t do three straight decades of plunging scoring rates while the powers that be twiddle their thumbs and wonder why ratings are down. Kobe returns and Tebow thrives: our bold sports predictions for 2017 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z An apathetic generation, concluded the ministers, who returned to twiddling their thumbs. Another Arab awakening is looming, warns a UN report 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z David Minton, a Normandie passenger, said at the time: "It's getting rather boring, we've had to sit here just twiddling our thumbs, but there's nothing we can do." WW2 bomb prompts evacuations in parts of Portsmouth - BBC News 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Hopkins sat there for hours, “twiddling my thumbs basically,” while the team sorted out its plans. In ‘machine’ Dustin Hopkins, Redskins might finally put an end to kicker churn 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z He occasionally fidgeted in his chair and twiddled his fingers. At Howard, Nick Cannon works to show a different side 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Warren wants to know why the justice department has been twiddling its thumbs for eight years, while citizens’ confidence in both government and the financial system dwindles. Elizabeth Warren is still mad about the financial crash, and we should be too 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z “We have the opportunity to prevent Zika in communities and microcephaly cases from Zika, and yet we are essentially twiddling thumbs waiting for those decisions to be made,” says Shah. Zika Funding May 'Already Be Too Late' 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z We wouldn’t have said twiddled, OK, that’s not so hot, but the semicolon is correct. Porn is the secret of my future success 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Murad, wearing a jersey of the Spanish football club Real Madrid, sat with his mother on the floor of a spartan trailer in al-Qadiya camp, twiddling his thumbs and resisting answering questions. Scarred Yazidi boys escape Islamic State combat training 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Why are our elected representatives twiddling their thumbs rather than doing their jobs and confirming literally hundreds of waiting nominees? The real welfare queens are our legislators, not food-stamp recipients 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z More knobs twiddle, and your hearing is subsumed in a fog of tinnitus, muffling and distortion. A Futuristic Suit That Gives You a Taste of Old Age 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z He spent much of the game twiddling his fingers, leaning forward and back, while staring intently on the board. AlphaGo beats human Go champ for the third straight time, wins best-of-5 contest 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z “We can’t afford to allow more devastation to be caused to the park while the Park Service twiddles their thumbs trying to come up with an expensive plan,” Gosar said in a statement this week. Grand Canyon weighs killing, capturing bison to cut numbers 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z The board and some investors seemed to have twiddled their thumbs while the wreckage piled up, possibly hoping that Charney would eventually bring back the magic. Is the final chapter in Dov Charney's steamy American Apparel tale being written? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The comedian, of course, isn’t at home twiddling his thumbs. FX's CEO on fate of 'Louie': 'We still talk about making more seasons with some regularity' 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z A sensor in the roof is supposed to recognize specific gestures, like a finger twiddling motion to turn the volume up or down. The agony and ecstasy of the modern, high-tech car 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z As they reel in a parade of visitors, Rebecca serves up embalming fluid injections to the ones who rudely twiddle on cellphones in their company. 'Granny's House' feels stiff and stilted 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Eye blinks, finger twiddles, fidgeting — there’s no detail too small for the timer to add to the exposure sheet, ensuring the team in LA maximum control over what the South Korean animation studio delivers. How an episode of The Simpsons is made 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Half an hour later we were laughing and joking about the absurdity of it all, and picturing our minders twiddling their dials and exchanging baffled glances. Working with Sue Lloyd-Roberts 'was an adventure' - BBC News 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z They destroyed the continuity of play and left 70,000 fans twiddling their thumbs as we repeatedly waited for a fat guy in a red shirt to signal for play to resume. Letters: This UCLA quarterback might be something 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z But at least some of them aren’t doing the genetic equivalent of twiddling their thumbs. A Surprise Source of Life's Code 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z After three days of twiddling their thumbs and topping up their tans, the Wimbledon groundstaff could be in for a busy morning. What not to miss on day four 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z But Clippers executives were not twiddling their thumbs while waiting for Jordan’s decision. Tyson Chandler signs with Suns, leaving Clippers with few good options 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z “It’s like an athletic way of twiddling your thumbs.” Stephen Curry’s Mouth Guard: An Investigation 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In the video, she opens the door to the awaiting officers and he appears behind her twiddling a screwdriver. Two Dallas police officers cleared of wrongdoing in fatal shooting 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z And Hagood, 64, is unemployed: “I twiddle my fingers,” he says. Along the Selma march route, progress has been two steps forward, one back 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Though he spends much of his days rocking back and forth, twiddling the pencils and shoelaces around and around, he can also drive, play poker and shop for groceries. The Debate Over an Autism Cure Turns Violent 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z “I feel like I’m hogging everything here,” he says, unabashed, but the true hog is the camera, which dotes on his fallen face, and, by way of a bonus, on his twiddling feet. “The Humbling” and “Timbuktu” Reviews 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z He should be assigned to no committees, which would leave him twiddling his thumbs most days in Richmond, and prohibited from serving on state boards and commissions. Del. Joseph Morrissey is an embarrassment to Virginia’s General Assembly 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Criminal court judges are twiddling their thumbs as their dockets empty. Zero common sense 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z It demonstrates the fact that Japan’s problems are far deeper than twiddling about with the exchange and the money supply is likely to solve. Takata And The Japanese Auto Quality Crash: What It Means 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z But think about it: Most of your time spent with smartphones and other electronics is killing time, filling gaps in your life on busy work, to-dos, chatter, twiddle and social play. Gadgets We Love: Tikker Death Watch 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z If you're not full up, a few bucks is better than twiddling your thumbs. Shortage of Medicaid Doctors? Not if You Ask Patients 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z At the Tuesday hearing, short-term rental supporters filled the seats of the hearing room in City Hall, raising their arms and twiddling their fingers in support of lawmakers who made arguments for the legislation. Airbnb Is Officially Legal In San Francisco 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z We now inhabit a planet where the majority of the population is constantly staring downwards, entranced, twiddling like carpenter ants. Patton Oswalt: Why I Quit Twitter—And Will Again 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z And Marilyn Monroe often left her co-stars twiddling their thumbs. The ways people are deliberately kept waiting 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z "The American people don't want me just standing around twiddling my thumbs and waiting for Congress to get something done," he said. Obama defends unilateral action 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The American public doesn’t want him sitting around “twiddling my thumbs,” Obama said in a wide-ranging news conference. Obama says Americans don't want him 'twiddling my thumbs' 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z “The American people don’t want me standing around twiddling my thumbs waiting for Congress to do something,” he said following the conclusion of a major summit of African leaders in Washington. Obama: Americans don't want me 'twiddling my thumbs' 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z “A lot of economists were expecting this rebound in demand in the consumer sector, but it’s not as if consumers were at home twiddling their thumbs waiting to spend money.” The fault in our starry-eyed 'recovery': 2014 looks like we're going bust again 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z “They do not have to sit and twiddle their thumbs here.” Retiring: College Retirement Communities Expected to Grow 2014-04-04T14:50:11Z We can’t just twiddle our thumbs,” said the official who was not authorized to speak to journalists and spoke on condition of anonymity. Most wanted drug lord captured in Mexico 2014-02-23T15:38:00Z The body language is manic, an eruption of gesticulating arms, twiddling fingers and fidgeting, stamping feet. An Unconventional Path to Scripting the Broncos’ Offense 2014-02-01T20:14:59Z So why are the lower orders twiddling their thumbs while the plutocrats continue their ascent? Inequality: Why aren’t the poor storming the barricades? 2014-01-21T19:24:24Z Having taken them to the League Cup final in 2012 and promotion earlier this year, Mackay is likely to be a man in demand and won't be twiddling his thumbs for long. Cardiff City v Sunderland 2013-12-27T13:04:11Z Growth in a foreign market is, after a little bit of translation and twiddling with servers, almost entirely about building an ad sales operation for that language and or market. Twitter's Interesting Numbers, They've Plenty Of Room To Grow 2013-10-04T15:32:00Z "When in fact, what they were doing was twiddling their thumbs and moving pixels around a screen." Is Grand Theft Auto a British icon? 2013-09-16T23:00:11Z “I basically was twiddling my thumbs for months,” he told my colleague James Glanz in a 2003 interview, “and as a result I got married.” Building Blocks: Looking to a Wall That Limited the Devastation at the World Trade Center 2013-09-11T11:01:10Z I watched them sit in their chairs and twiddle their fingers and then they would start playing with their clothes. Toddlers 'cry in French nurseries' 2013-06-07T14:18:35Z Nearly a month after the attack, that team is twiddling its thumbs in Cyprus, waiting for a green light to enter Syria even as the evidence, whatever is left of it, evaporates into thin air. Why Reports of Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria May Never Be Confirmed 2013-04-13T05:20:24Z The kid had all the air moves: the Stuart Broad-style finger wagging send off, the languid bat twiddle between deliveries, even the solicitous Team England buttock-pat for a fellow fielder. Why the kids don't play air shots with aubergines any more 2013-03-30T11:33:44Z That hasn’t stopped a flock of startups looking to capitalize on the new law, but it does mean they’ll be twiddling their thumbs and wasting investor money indefinitely until the SEC acts. Steve Case: Crowdfunding Will Augment - Not Replace - Venture Capital 2013-03-22T15:37:37Z I, on the other hand, am twiddling my thumbs in an office in south-western Japan. New Zealand v England – second ODI as it happened 2013-03-05T17:47:23Z "When I was here last time, I'm over at my locker twiddling my fingers, hoping I don't get called in the office," he said with a laugh Wednesday morning. Michael Morse predicts great things from Mariners 2013-02-21T03:31:19Z It's a complicated subject, certainly, but it's now late November, and investors and entrepreneurs are still twiddling their thumbs. What the SEC Shakeup Means for Crowdfunding (It's Not All Bad) 2012-11-28T19:59:55Z The paper says voters were so few that electoral staff were left twiddling their thumbs, doing puzzles and even knitting to pass the time. Papers scathing on police elections 2012-11-16T05:56:55Z “That’s why you see the magician trick,” he told a group of mostly older people in Hannibal, twiddling his right hand next to his face while reaching down with his left. Akin Turns Gaffes Into Jokes in Missouri Senate Race 2012-10-29T01:31:00Z Then you take your other thumb … and you twiddle that too! Football transfer rumours: Ashley Cole to PSG, Inter or Real Madrid? 2012-10-02T07:35:48Z They twiddled their thumbs until they finally got on the court, and Navratilova prevailed after losing the first set. Sports of The Times: U.S. Open Tennis Will Scrap the Super Saturday Model 2012-09-08T16:26:50Z Her bosses did not even mind when she twiddled her thumbs and rolled her eyes when no one was around. La Guardia’s Digital Avatar Gives Passengers Airport Information 2012-08-09T01:32:25Z I was a make-believe writer twiddling thumbs at university trying to get in through the back door. India Ink: A Conversation With: Author Azad Essa 2012-06-25T09:48:12Z “The last thing in the world I want to do is to be sitting here twiddling my thumbs with a public health concern,” he said. In Documents on Pain Drug Celebrex, Signs of Doubt and Deception 2012-06-25T02:46:07Z Then take both thumbs and twiddle them together! Football transfer rumours: Ashley Cole to PSG, Inter or Real Madrid? 2012-10-02T07:35:48Z Point him in the right direction, twiddle his fuse wire, and he will lay waste like a blazing fire-ship scattering the Spanish fleet. Farewell then Emile Heskey, a roundhead with mallet-footed persistence 2012-05-25T13:00:03Z Angry Birds, it seems, is our Tetris: the string of digital prayer beads that our entire culture can twiddle in moments of rapture or anxiety — economic, political or existential. Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive ?Stupid Games? 2012-04-04T17:34:03Z So I sat at home twiddling my thumbs and chattering with Andrea. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Norton twiddled the note in his fingers and at length rolled it into a ball and threw it into the waste-basket. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z I reached the Inlet via the Boardwalk, making record time, and drew the first happy sigh in a week as I sat down, lighted a cigar, and twiddled my fingers at a waiter. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z He paused a little and twiddled his thumbs thoughtfully. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z "So they say I take the King's highway, eh?" observed Mount, twiddling his great thumbs over his ramrod and digging his heels into the pine-needles. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z "You have heard," said he, twiddling a pen between his delicate fingers, "what they call these peasants who are ravaging Poitou, sire?" The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He fidgeted in his chair and twiddled his thumbs. National Signing Day 2012: Few surprises among D.C.-area recruits, including Ron Darby, Eddie Goldman and Ken Ekanem 2012-02-02T01:20:24Z "You can't twiddle your thumbs!" shrieked Cockatoo; but Hathi reached up with his trunk and tweaked the bird's nose before he could repeat the taunt. The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z It is not he who looks languid, and twiddles his thumbs for sick misplacedness, like Achilles among girls. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z He was leaning back in his chair, smiling wryly at the wineglass which he was twiddling between his fingers. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z Mr. Talfourd twiddled the bunch of La France roses between his fingers with a smile which was scarcely one of satisfaction. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Several five-franc pieces were passed to a woman who was twiddling a number of them between her fingers. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z It would have been easier if I'd been able to help you, but I didn't see anything I could do but just sit still and twiddle my thumbs. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z The woman took a handkerchief from the bag made of steel beads which was suspended from her waist; opening it out she twiddled it between the white-gloved fingers of either hand. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Bill Belichick doesn't seem like a coach who twiddles his thumbs while his defense gets torched. Tanier: Belichick can't save Pats' defense this time 2011-11-01T14:45:56Z In India, or the U.S., or Brazil, workers are using that time to write up reports, hold meetings or devise new ideas; in China, workers are sitting at their desks twiddling their thumbs. Can China's Economy Thrive with a Censored Internet? 2011-10-26T06:30:00Z He was mumbling and twiddling a spoon now. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z “It’s about empowering ourselves to do something, rather than twiddling our thumbs and five or 10 years goes by and nothing happens,” said Sylvia Robinson, who runs the Emergence Community Arts Collective. Georgia Avenue corridor residents grab a seat at the table to influence development 2011-10-16T23:43:00Z Stray, wandering ants would be set right by a single twiddle of antenn�; an over-burdened brother would be given a helping jaw and assisted for some distance to the end of his beat. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z They looked up into their glasses as they twiddled their spoons, but they didn't look at one another. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z She raised her fingers, made sure of the notes of the first twiddle, and began to play. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z And I think, by then, she'll be able to twiddle over them wires by herself.' The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z Make no mistake: there were a lot of touchbacks in Week 1, and those deep kicks left many returners twiddling their thumbs. Tanier: Returns aren't dead, they're better than ever 2011-09-15T20:56:36Z One was twiddling his thumbs very fast, and I suddenly recollected that he had been twiddling his thumbs very fast half an hour ago, when I had first seen him. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z "I say, Topknot, look here; are you in on this?" he said to his senior partner, who was twiddling his thumbs and looking very much confused. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z Inwardly cursing himself for his folly in ceasing to advocate Muller, the general twiddled his thumbs and said nothing. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z He finished it all and looked round briskly at me, licking his lips and twiddling his stumpy tail. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Following the video, the public, via a vote, will twiddle down the number of contestants. To celebrate 50th anniversary, Space Needle wants to send a person to orbit 2011-08-01T09:54:17Z Nor is the scientific community twiddling its thumbs. Trawls and Trash Represent One-Two Punch for Threatened Turtles 2011-07-15T15:45:00.257Z You don’t want to be too quiet, just sitting at home twiddling your thumbs. Bears' Webb eyeing shift to left-tackle spot 2011-07-07T14:40:00Z He came to the bar’l, and sat up on his behind legs like a hare, twiddling his moustaches and twisting his nose. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z TWIGGLE, little people’s word for the excited movement of a small dog’s tail, believed to be a combination of wriggle and twiddle. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Women in nurses' uniforms, and surgeons twiddling stethoscopes, and hospital corps attendants bearing trays of food, went along the paths. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z "I should think you must be tired, twiddling your thumbs all day." The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z If Greece restructures its debts, there won’t be any prizes for others who twiddle their thumbs. Reuters Breakingviews: Avoiding Greece?s Lehman Moment 2011-05-10T02:01:20Z The says campaigners on both sides of the argument have made the choice about as interesting as "which thumb to twiddle". Newspaper review 2011-04-17T04:59:49Z They twiddle their mandibles, they rise and walk, with clumsy groping motions. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z I can see the old lad now, smiling a thin little smile, sort of sourcastic, yet real kind underneath, whilst he twiddled the switch in his hands. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z Texting and twiddling on their mobile phones, while the teacher is speaking! May I have your attention, please? 2011-04-02T23:04:07Z Look up, speak nicely, and don’t twiddle your fingers! Alice in Wonderland A Dramatization of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" 2011-03-28T02:00:20.647Z “Yes, uncle,” said the nephew, uneasily, as he sat twiddling the gold locket attached to his chain, and his voice sounded husky: “it relates to both.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Though anyone could see he was scared blue, the perspiration on his forehead and his big, knotty hands twiddling at his tie and his watch chain; he told his story very clear and straightforward. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z As Sax said this afternoon, there's times when it's wicked to twiddle with courtesy. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z Jack Brokenshire, who was fingering an extinct cigar, twiddled it nervously at his lips. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Look up, speak nicely, and don’t twiddle your fingers all the time.” Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z After Friday's technical glitch on the which left share dealers twiddling their thumbs for four hours, trading seems to be back to normal. After Friday's glitch, LSE faces website problem 2011-02-28T12:32:40Z No longer could Angèle deceive him—“twiddle him around her little finger,” as she would put it. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z He says senators can't wait around "twiddling their thumbs" until the Democrats return. Wisconsin Senate to convene without Democrats this week 2011-02-20T22:19:00Z The detective twiddled the ends of a moustache he had under cultivation. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z It should not ask school leavers or graduates to twiddle their thumbs for six months. One leaf that David Cameron should take out of Thatcher's book 2011-01-06T15:06:57Z The trigger guard did that when the gun was twiddled out of your hand. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z "Do you imagine that I have sat twiddling my thumbs and that an old hand like myself hasn't had time in half an hour to unravel the mysteries which this cabin presents?" The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z He looks at the camera, frowns, and twiddles his tie. The Fiver 2010-12-07T16:34:00Z “We’ve run a clean program,” said Pearl, who nervously twiddled his thumbs and twirled his wedding band while speaking with reporters. Unwelcome Spotlight Follows Tennessee Coach 2010-11-23T22:09:00Z And Boston and Orlando are not going to sit there twiddling their thumbs and allow the Heat to walk through there. LeBron's Heat in the spotlight but Lakers lurking 2010-10-22T22:48:00Z All the while, Feliz sat there twiddling his thumbs while the Rangers’ World Series hopes burned around him. Bats: Questionable Calls to the Bullpen for Texas 2010-10-16T17:53:00Z If you get up 14 of 17 points and then you don't do anything after that - especially against an explosive offense like that - they're not going to sit around and twiddle their thumbs. Panthers WR Smith downplays issue with QB Clausen 2010-09-29T23:05:00Z Meanwhile, minority owners — The Baseball Club of Seattle, Inc. — sit idly by, twiddling their thumbs! What readers are saying 2010-08-28T23:25:00Z They just trickle down into the welcoming arms of the host of other PCP doctors who are just sittin’ around twiddling their thumbs on the street corner with nothin’ to do, right? Having Your Own Doctor On Call 2010-08-26T18:08:00Z We're interstate cruisers, a finger on the wheel, beverage in hand, twiddling with the GPS. Can Alan Mulally Keep Ford in the Fast Lane? 2010-07-30T20:10:00Z Now I'm finding I've got about five or six hours where I just twiddle my thumbs. Kewell: 'It's a selfish game' 2010-06-12T23:06:00Z Bell is off the mark with a twiddle round the corner, KP gets one for a sweep, but England in a bit of a pickle here. Live - England v Bangladesh 2010-06-04T09:35:00Z “I was injured, and then I was twiddling my thumbs at home,” Williams, 28, said last week. Enigmatic Serena Williams Wins Paris Opener 2010-05-24T16:06:00Z We had our evening meal and then we were sitting around, twiddling our fingers and getting bored. 14 May 1988: The first FA Cup final penalty save 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z Said Captain Roberts: "I used to see him twiddling his pencil staring into space and I wondered a few times if he was earning his corn, but he clearly was." 2010-02-02T10:48:00Z Before that, she spent 10 years helping to establish libraries in impoverished public schools — and she wasn’t about to spend her retirement twiddling her thumbs. 2010-01-08T06:09:00Z Mr. Griggs looked at his card, then looked at Rachel, then looked at Mrs. Cornbury, and stood twiddling the bunch of little gilt playthings that hung from his chain. Rachel Ray I wish you had seen how his nose twiddled! The Jonathan Papers I suppose that if the average individual were to employ wisely these intervals in which he whistles and twiddles his thumbs he would soon accumulate enough knowledge to quite make over his life. What You Can Do With Your Will Power Only she and Tony don't know you twiddle them—and I do.' The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Nurse twiddled her thumbs with a complacent look, as she smacked her palate upon the final line. Sinister Street, vol. 1 If I had ever been in love, which God in his mercy has spared me, I should have been pirouetting all over the place instead of sitting mum-chance and twiddling my thumbs. A Traitor's Wooing The respectable Leasem's face lengthened in a twinkling, his comfortable confident air vanished, he ceased twiddling his gold chain, and, at length, he muttered, “Suppose we pay the debt?” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Something small and black was coming toward me, a clergyman too, and nervous, because he twiddled his little hat. A Man in the Open Instead of worrying over yourself or others—me?—you could safely spread yourself, Phil dear, all over the landscape, lie back in the lap of Mother Earth and twiddle your toes and smile! The Book of Susan A Novel Do you think I'm going to twiddle my thumbs while you're down there? The Door into Infinity He cut in transmitter and receiver, keyed and twiddled briefly. Triplanetary "Do you mean to tell me," Ward said incredulously, "that you've been sitting here, twiddling your thumbs for the past two months because you're afraid to take a chance on a wind blowing up?" Monsoons of Death He seemed to give automatic twiddles to his fork and apparently swallowed something afterwards, for when Robinson's underling, Robinson petit fils, removed Stockwell's plates, they contained only wreckage. The New Warden Three seconds later the colonel and the major had climbed out of the bomber, leaving Dawson and Farmer to twiddle their fingers. Dave Dawson at Casablanca Harold was twiddling with some knobs mounted on the dashboard of the junked car. First Man He twiddled a dial and punched at a switch. Sugar Plum Anyhoo, when this thing started, I was twiddling my thumbs on the couch nearest the piano and thinking it was too late to do my fingernails and whoever came in probably wouldn't notice them anyway. The Big Time I can't sit here and twiddle my thumbs all the evening, can I? Command And then comes a back-set of my health, and I have to twiddle my fingers and play patience. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) He walked over the half dozen rugs that lay between the door and his encampment behind the table and left me forlorn, twiddling my hat and pulling at my coat, somewhere in outer darkness. Aliens He paused and twiddled his thumbs, staring reflectively at the ceiling. The Bandbox He read them, cruel man, before my very eyes; I sat and waited, twiddling my thumbs, demure but apprehensive. Miss Cayley's Adventures He waited then, twiddling his pencil placidly, while Blount’s great neck swelled out with venom. Shadow Mountain The fat man raised his thumb from the table and twiddled it in the air. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists I nodded in the affirmative, while the shrewd little man who was questioning me sat twiddling a pen with his thin fingers. The Sign of Silence But he might just as well have twiddled with his blond whiskers and repeated it twenty times for all the good it did: —Gentlemen and constituents…. Letters from my Windmill I twiddle the note and think Well nobody asked for it yet. The Lost Kafoozalum He wuz right from the German university and college and preachin’ school, and he wuz so rich he might have sot down and twiddled his thumbs for the rest of his days. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife "And he just twiddled his thumbs like this, and grunted." Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists On a great stump which had been carved rudely into a chair sat Soriel Brouchard, the fiddler of the hills, twiddling critically at his strings. The Shepherd of the North On possessing himself of her arm he had made her turn, so that they faced afresh to Saint Mark's, over the great presence of which his eyes moved while she twiddled her parasol. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Hal was sitting on the side of the cot, twiddling his fingers. Hidden Hand The gentlemen twiddle canes ornamented with dogs’ heads or eagles’ beaks, with gold tassels; carry attar of rose bottles in their gloved hands, and squirt rosewater on their handkerchiefs. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance But I canna twiddle the thumbs whilst others fare well on Douglas beef.” Rim o' the World He opened the door to the undertaker and waited outside the room, just twiddling his fingers and wondering. In a Little Town They might have seemed to be simply staring into space at such moments, dreading approaching death perhaps, and simply twiddling their fingers. Lords of the Stratosphere My lord is admiring his countenance in the glass, while his bride is twiddling her marriage ring on her pocket-handkerchief; and listening with rueful countenance to Counsellor Silvertongue, who has been drawing the settlements. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges "Pan, do this to them," put in the cowboy who appeared to know him, and suiting act to word he placed his thumb to his nose and twiddled his finger. Valley of Wild Horses At one corner seven blind musicians all in a row, with violins, a cello, guitars and a mournful cornet, toodled and wheezed and twiddled through the "Blue Danube." Rosinante to the Road Again He was fretfully twiddling a telegram from San Francisco: Julie's address sublime please telegraph two hundred more love Mere. In a Little Town Unlikely, too, that Jack Fisher will take part in perfunctory performances, as when the House, meeting at 4.15, sits twiddling its noble thumbs till 4.30, the hour on stroke of which public business commences. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 We opined that he had not succeeded in opening the case of the watch, but had sat twiddling the key about the outside of it. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand He folded his plump hands over his paunch and twiddled his thumbs with agitation. Mr. Wicker's Window The chorus was so strong that the echo of it moved Tozer, who was a kind of arch-deacon and leading member too, in his way, where he sat twiddling his thumbs in his little room. Phoebe, Junior Mr. Bartram Lindsay took off his glasses and twiddled them in his fingers. Frances Kane's Fortune "I have never heard," he said, twiddling his watch chain, "of any fair Persian, except in connection with Nourhadeen, and she was not half alive and half not." Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Gloom settled over him; hunger tormented him; he gazed disconsolately at the yellow ribbon in his button-hole, and twiddled his thumbs. The Gay Rebellion If you persist in sitting around twiddling your thumbs and looking like a primeval goat, I shall send to New York and engage a detective to work on the case exclusively for the Banner. Anderson Crow, Detective But this was a serious question; he had no suggestion to offer, but he sat and twiddled his thumbs, and looked at his wife with interest suddenly aroused. Phoebe, Junior "Though a sighing and moaning lover, or a man who is always twiddling a fiddle or making verses I could not stand," she would add contemptuously. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Them as has nothing to think of but stand in the shop and twiddle their thumbs, ought to look to that; but, ma'am, if you'll believe me, it aint no fault of mine. The Perpetual Curate And for any further information we may knock our rotten heads against a brick wall and twiddle our thumbs. The Dop Doctor But there was a fire in the room, and he stood before it, twiddling his hat. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite He was usually to be seen standing in the front of the shop, about six yards within the door, rubbing his hands together, or arranging his locks, or twiddling with his brass watch-chain. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm I calculated, however, that when the postman delivered my phantom communication next morning Phyllis would not remain twiddling her thumbs for long. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 I suppose I’m on the rack; nerves all raw; tearing me to pieces to sit down and twiddle my thumbs. The Pagan Madonna He listened, with lowered eyes, twiddling his thumbs, to the brief tale. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan "I see you are not one to keep hitching and twiddling around," the clockmaker presently remarked, with a twinkle. Christopher and the Clockmakers When two men come in a boat to commit a theft, and only one of them goes ashore, the other would hardly be expected to sit in the boat and twiddle his thumbs. The Mystery of the Green Ray A man who has been active hates 270 to sit down and twiddle his thumbs. The Place of Honeymoons Don't you see me here twiddling my thumbs. The Huntress She sat quite motionless, her hands loose in her lap, neither twiddling them aimlessly nor pretending to employ them in the hundred nervous ways common to her sex. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty “Lily won’t sit twiddling her thumbs for all that, will you, Lily?” continued Pa, smiling to his star. The Bill-Toppers "There are several more matters I wish to discuss," the captain resumed, twiddling his moustaches. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories To use these drills, rotate the point by "twiddling" the drill between the finger and thumb, making only one hole, and that in the centre of the egg. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Others remained, and licked and twiddled him with their antennæ for a long time. Edge of the Jungle He stooped and broke off a long grass and inserted it in the right ear of Lieutenant Tibbetts, twiddling the end delicately. The Keepers of the King's Peace He twiddled the backs of his fingertips over the keyboard; she swung on one foot and held to the candle-bracket while they talked of Pete. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "Because I can't": and the lobster twiddled his horns more fiercely than ever, but he was forced to confess. The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby Menlik drew his shaman's wand, twiddled it between his fingers, and beneath his drooping lids watched the three Apaches with a new kind of measurement. The Defiant Agents The Senator leaned ponderously forward, twiddling his glasses upon his thumb. Hidden Gold These six hundred men had little to do after they formed their lines and lanes except to twiddle their night sticks and to stamp their chilled feet. The Thunders of Silence "You go bail," said Pete, and he leapt up to Kate's side, twiddled the reins, cracked the whip, and they drove away. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 He said no more after that, only smoked, and stared at Johnnie's sky patch, and twiddled a spurred boot. The Rich Little Poor Boy Do you ever see him sitting dejectedly twiddling his axe, and rendered quite incapable because he has been interrupted at a critical time and put out of vein? In the Mist of the Mountains "You will be able to burn crops on the left side this time," said Hamilton, cheerfully, his nimble fingers twiddling the silver rollers of his machine. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country On a modern davenport sat two young people, far apart; the youth twiddling his thumbs in an ecstasy of embarrassment; the maiden making rabbit's ears with her handkerchief. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) "Go home, Thomas," said C�sar, twiddling the reins, "go home and try for the future to be a better man." The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Packard twiddled his thumbs, and the Marquis, plagued by the citizens of the Black Hills whom he had promised the stage- and freight-line months previous, made threats one day and rosy promises the next. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands You sit twiddling your pen, your nerves so a-stretch that if a door bangs the mood shuts down on you for the day. In the Mist of the Mountains Notably unenthusiastic was this gathering, twiddling its toes and blandly avoiding his eye. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country It is unbelievable—you might even call it absurd, but at least they are doing something, not sitting twiddling their thumbs. Greener Than You Think The dark faces lighted up; somebody snickered; Brun, the conscript of the class of '71 who had been hauled by the heels from under his mother's bed, looked confused and twiddled his thumbs. Lorraine A romance Are they?” cried Dean, twiddling the focussing nut of his glass with trembling fingers. Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites He made various half-hearted and thoroughly unsuccessful efforts to leave the room, twiddled his cap in his hands, tripped over the rug and finally spoke. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 He came up, an embarrassed and a frightened lad, and stood twiddling his toes on the unaccustomed smoothness of the big stoep. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country In other words, she had noticed that lawyers sat much in their offices, twiddling with papers, and that they never went haymaking nor stood erect in carts dumping manure on the autumnal fields. The Dew of Their Youth The virago smiled and twiddled the knife between her fingers. The Day of Wrath Robert Browning says that they were rounded up all right, but when it came to saying the Creed they twiddled their thumbs and said Ben Ezra's Prayer. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Nearer and nearer to the breakfast came the pig, twiddling its miserable little tail about, investigating here and turning over there; and more frantic grew the prisoner. In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" "Sit here an' twiddle our thumbs, and let that feller 't owns the coins come down on us for their value?" How Janice Day Won In the background among the other elders, stood Paul and Horace and I—my husband and I hand in hand; Horace twiddling the black ribbon which holds his watch, and looking bored. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day He stood near the door twiddling his hat in his hand until the waiter had gone. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective The men were in their waistcoats and shirt-sleeves, twiddling their thumbs, and looking awfully puritanical. Diary in America, Series One He twiddled the glasses and put them out of focus, but naturally he failed to behold the mythical fox which was the product of his offspring's fertile brain. The Ffolliots of Redmarley He was very restless and irritable, and had a queer habit of twiddling his thumbs backward and forward whenever his hands were unoccupied. At the Point of the Sword In the thicket bordering the forest, All day long a thrush twiddles his song. Poems I found myself standing alone in amazement, twiddling a miserable shilling, and wondering how I came to make such a fool of myself. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell The man nodded; then stood twiddling his cap, and looking ashamed of himself. In Kings' Byways The same is true of the hundred thousand men of practical imagination scattered in five thousand cities, twiddling on the fate of a nation alone. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak And all the time he sat there twiddling his thumbs, apparently oblivious of my presence. The Paternoster Ruby “We know all about you,” stated zu Pfeiffer coldly, twiddling his cigar between slender fingers. Witch-Doctors His father's eloquent voice brought him back to the present and, as his eyes fell upon Hopkins, he saw the nervous fingers twiddling the great white wart and a smile forced itself to his lips. Tess of the Storm Country Lily takes the card, reads some writing upon it, and stands twiddling the card in her fingers. The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts "They say, sir, the man—that is, the subject—when under the influence of the battery, absolutely twiddled his left foot, and raised his right arm." Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes He halted, twiddled his rabbit-like ears, looked at the two, and then opened his mouth. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them "There's no telling what may be going on back there while we sit here, twiddling our thumbs." Every Man for Himself Bill Hopkins still twiddling his wart had drawn himself to a straighter position, and was listening with all intentness. Tess of the Storm Country She twiddled the gold ring on her hand absent-mindedly—and she was married ... and a widow! The Angel of Terror The earl twiddled his mustache and slapped his leg with his white glove as calmly as could be. The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan "Bang on the low notes and twiddle on the high!" laughed Lloyd, under her breath. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor But let's not sit here twiddling our thumbs—let's go places and do things. Skylark Three I have mourned his loss for nearly ten years, and—— But don't stand there twiddling your hat in that absurd fashion! Shorty McCabe on the Job Frowning in a perplexed fashion, he pushed the manuscript aside and twiddled the blue pencil between his fingers. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House "The man is not born who will do that," replied Martin, lifting his eyebrows, twiddling his thumbs, and hitching up his trousers with great dignity. A Hungarian Nabob Mary knew that they were joking, but she turned the color of her dress, and sat twiddling the coin between her thumb and finger, too embarrassed to look up. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor "We don't want to hang around here twiddling our thumbs for a year waiting for those torpedoes to get to wherever they're going!" Skylark Three Selvaggia filched another handful of sugar and crumbs, and twiddled her sonnet while she wondered what on earth she should do with it. Little Novels of Italy It is doubtless interesting to the folk-songer to see in print shanties taken down from an individual sailor with his individual melodic twirls and twiddles. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties When the Crown Prince assented, he snapped on the screen and twiddled at the selector. Space Viking She toys with the corner of her apron, twiddling it backwards and forwards between her fingers. Belles and Ringers Wid the toot of the flute, an' the twiddle of the fiddle, Dancin' in the middle, like a herring on a griddle! The Great Amulet When he was in the office he would sit twiddling his thumbs. Pirate Gold Slowly Cullin fumbled for it, twiddled it between his fingers, and finally, half reluctant, restored it. To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days "I was wondering," said Anthony, twiddling his cigarette, "whether you would mind taking your holiday a little earlier than usual this year—in August, for instance?" The Lady Paramount De hull parish an' Lawyer Chinn has it drafted—Vicar he promises me it shall go in—'Scipio Johnson, Esquire, of this Parish,' an' twiddles round de capital letters. The Mayor of Troy I rather think I looked foolish and twiddled my fingers. The Opinions of a Philosopher I s'pose a gentleman would sit down and twiddle his fingers, and do nothing. Frank Merriwell's Reward Suddenly observing their bloomered exposure, however, he tried to poke his legs under the couch, and twiddled his thumbs instead. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) You've been home all morning twiddling your thumbs and wondering what to do with yourself? The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run Ready now, but so long as the wind blows, we have to twiddle our thumbs. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I You will pilot her up the coast to Barton, tip the servants heavily to keep them from murdering her, and twiddle your thumbs in your garage as you await her further pleasure. Lady Larkspur Or people who push buttons to see what'll happen, or turn valves and twiddle with dial-knobs because they have nothing else to do with their hands. Day of the Moron So it went on, over and over again, more sad than the sight of a quaker as he twiddles his thumbs. The Field of Clover It shuffled like an old man in carpet slippers, setting up streetside produce tables, twiddling the dials of its many radios looking for something with a beat. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town "He who twiddles his thumbs may gnaw his gums," M. Radisson was wont to say; and I assure you there was no twiddling of thumbs that morning. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade That wasn’t very interesting; he twiddled the selector and finally got a night soccer game at Mallorysport. Little Fuzzy Standing with my hands in front of me I began to twiddle my fingers rapidly. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Directly they came in sight of the windows of the farm the old man took his hat off his shining head, put it on the end of his whip, and began to twiddle it. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs For a while he stood quite still, unknowingly twiddling the time-check in his thick, fat-cushioned fingers into a moist pink ball. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 It is one of those things that make a man extend his arm and twiddle his fingers, and say, blinking, "Like that, you know." Certain Personal Matters The selected one follows the leader singing the same words and both twiddling their thumbs. Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District He was sitting all over a small rocking-chair, twiddling his thumbs and smiling, with his feet on the fender. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse Closely regarding his host in profile, Logan remarked that he had shaved off his moustache and the little, obsolete, iron-grey chin-tuft which, in moments of perplexity, he had been wont to twiddle. The Disentanglers A big boat, too, with a pretty little cabin for you to twiddle your thumbs in, 'Carnacion. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 Neither do I—it is a case for extended hand and twiddling fingers. Certain Personal Matters And he sat there on the log in the middle of the sea, twiddling his thumbs for want of something to do. Old Peter's Russian Tales Therefore we abandoned the oars, twiddled our thumbs, and let her drift. The River and I The peer half rose to his feet, flushed a fine purple, twiddled the obsolete little grey tuft on his chin, and sat down again. The Disentanglers He sat bolt upright and twiddled his gnarled thumbs nervously. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul MacBryde, in describing it to me afterwards, swayed his hands about with the fingers twiddling in a weird kind of way, and said the board went like that. Certain Personal Matters Mr. Bartram Lindsay took off his glasses, and twiddled them in his fingers. Melchior's Dream and Other Tales What I wish is to give examples of how he has discarded all the involutions, convolutions, twiddles and twaddles of melody, and gone back to the simplicity and directness of Weber and Beethoven. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas On the other hand," and he twiddled his thumbs serenely, "we may be at war in a month. The Summons "I don't have to twiddle my fingers, and scratch my head, and jump up and down every two minutes and a half," said Uncle Andy rather severely. Children of the Wild Truth to tell, Haggerty had not expected to find anything; he had not cared to sit idly twiddling his thumbs while the Maharajah vacated his rooms. The Voice in the Fog After a while my wife guessed what was wrong—I used to make up such poor twiddling pretences. The Ship of Stars Big, powerful, uncompromising, creative men who have no time for twiddling, who never would have dreamed of being tucked away in the house of Commons before, would want to belong to it. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy Hillyard had quite forgotten Commodore Graham, who sat patiently twiddling his thumbs throughout the autobiography, and now came with something of a start to a recognition of where he sat. The Summons He thought a moment, pursing his lips and twiddling his thumbs. The Poor Little Rich Girl Those operatic performers in the City aren't going to sit twiddling their thumbs by the look of them. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India "Only if you think 'tis for the sake of a twiddling sixteen shilling a week that I traipse all these miles every day—" Taffy fingered the seal. The Ship of Stars After the sights he would have to twiddle his thumbs until the joints cracked. The Ragged Edge A thin man with the face of a French abbé sat indolently twiddling his thumbs by the side of a big bureau. The Summons Already the toes of our partners begin to twiddle beneath their petticoats. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales William sat idle, twiddling his fingers and watching the flies on the ceiling. More Toasts Senator Smith leaned back and twiddled his thumbs, staring at Alwyn until the hot blood darkened his cheeks. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel Seated one day in my study I was listless and ill at ease, And my fingers twiddled idly With the novel upon my knees. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 27, 1892 With much effort at nonchalance, he would again wipe his face, take up his fork for twiddling, and say always the same thing. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains Orchil twiddled his long, crinkly, pointed moustache and glanced interrogatively at Harmon; then he yawned, stretched his arms, and rose, pocketing the check, which Ruthven passed to him, with a careless nod of thanks. The Younger Set He twiddled the corner of my letter between his finger and thumb, and wore very much the countenance of a poacher about to be committed. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh I come from watching Caffarelli in the north, and for the last four days have been taking a holiday and twiddling my fingers in camp here, just across the Zapardiel. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales He stood like a king among his peers, but flushed and restless, twiddling his fingers as kings do not twiddle theirs. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay "Pleased to meet you," said Bella, twiddling her fingers in assumed shyness. Half Portions The Minster twins twiddled their legs and looked sentimentally at the ocean. The Younger Set So, with another look and a little twiddle between her finger and thumb, she seemed satisfied; but, unhappily for me, she did not seem at all sleepy. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh It was out now, out with a burning blush over all the lad's honest face, and the sudden crick-crack of a pretty Indian paper-cutter he unfortunately was twiddling in his fingers. The Laurel Bush He saw the Archduke peacefully twiddle his thumbs. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay "Cats and dogs," said West, his fingers twiddling with Queed's copy. Queed They looked about them for a minute and then Zeb drew his revolver out of the holster and began idly twiddling the cylinder. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Samoylenko could not utter a word, and only twiddled his fingers; the deacon looked at his flabbergasted and really absurd face, and laughed. The Duel and Other Stories The native looks sourly at him, and merely twiddles his fingers instead of answering. Love Having now superciliously sold out to these pilgrims, reserving only alcohol enough for its own consumption, Old Laramie was willing to let the world wag, and content to twiddle a man curl around a finger. The Covered Wagon Scattergood Baines sat on the piazza of his hardware store and twiddled his bare toes reflectively. Scattergood Baines In the background, among the other elders, stood Paul and Horace and I—my husband and I hand in hand; Horace twiddling the black ribbon which holds his watch, and looking bored. Hillsboro People And if you think for a moment that I'm going to sit here and twiddle my thumbs while there's a nice-looking bachelor in the next house, you're very much mistaken. The Lilac Girl Father Kuzma looked round in a scared way and twiddled his fingers. Love All the time, while the minister preached, she twiddled her caraway-stems, sometimes biting a seed in two very softly between her little teeth, and keeping, on the whole, an appearance of exemplary devoutness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 So, as Scattergood twiddled his reflective toes, he looked far ahead into the future of Coldriver Valley; he saw that valley as his own, developed as few mountain valleys are ever developed. Scattergood Baines And since he was not a man to sit and twiddle thumbs to pass the time, Casey played poker. Casey Ryan He leaned forward over the table, his odd white head almost resting on it, and twiddled his thumbs with wonderful rapidity. The Courage of Captain Plum The respectable Leasem's face lengthened in a twinkling, his comfortable confident air vanished, he ceased twiddling his gold chain, and at length he muttered, "Suppose we pay the debt?" The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney There was especially a trick of constantly twiddling with and looking at your fingers which you should, above all, be on your guard against.... The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections Presently he was twiddling his pudgy toes and concentrating on Sarah Pound. Scattergood Baines Then there was a long pause, during which Harry stood twiddling his fingers. Mr. Scarborough's Family His boyish fingers twiddled up and down The filthy remnant of a cup of physic That thicked in odour all the while he stayed. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. He waited a moment, twiddling his hat; his face was overcast, his mood hung between spite and pity. The Castle Inn He shaped his arms fantastically and twiddled his fingers. Kincaid's Battery For an hour he sat there, twiddling his bare toes. Scattergood Baines All this had been said apart, while a fair-haired, lackadaisical young gentleman was standing twiddling his thumbs waiting to dance with Florence. Mr. Scarborough's Family His lordship twiddled his thumbs, and then proclaimed himself a Slopeite. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction So it was that gray Manuel talked in a half voice, sitting there resplendently robed in gold and crimson, and twiddling between his fingers a goose-feather. Figures of Earth Every time I went to New York last year I sat and twiddled my thumbs while every one else was dancing. Cheerful—By Request Following this he sighed with a great contentment and twiddled his bare toes openly and flagrantly in the eyes of all Coldriver. Scattergood Baines He continually twiddled his hat for three or four minutes, and then rose up straight. Mr. Scarborough's Family |
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