Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiddle-footed
Adjective
  • Anyone familiar with the world of the Grateful Dead knows that one of the band’s most devoted and excitable fans was the late Bill Walton, the illustrious Hall of Fame NBA center who died in May 2024 at 71.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
  • Groups of excitable teenage boys waited their turn to play EA FC on a bank of massive flat screen TVs.
    James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • The video highlighted how visibly nervous Jessie was while using jokes to get through the show.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
  • There’s nothing to be nervous about going into a spray tan.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sitting places the glutes in a lengthened, inactive state that pushes the pelvis forward and puts the lower back at a painfully compressed, mechanical disadvantage, which in turn creates a posture that feels tight, stiff and unstable.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
  • Business models are under pressure, distribution is unstable, and competition for attention is fiercer than ever.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • Rising prices, fomenting trade wars, and uncertainty about when tariffs will go into effect has led to a volatile economic climate.
    Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 4 June 2025
  • The fire had to feel alive, volatile, and credible—a force the actors had to confront in real time.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 4 June 2025
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“Fiddle-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddle-footed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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