twiddled his thumbs|twiddle his thumb in English

wiggled his fingers; did nothing, was idle, loitered

Use "twiddled his thumbs|twiddle his thumb" in a sentence

1. 7 So must we sit back and twiddle our thumbs?

2. 11 When we need you help, all you and twiddle you thumbs.

3. 9 The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole.

4. 3 You're not being paid to twiddle your thumbs all day, you know!

5. 14 When we need you help, all you did was sit back and twiddle you thumbs.

6. The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee.

7. 5 The rest of us could just sit and twiddle our thumbs and drink iced coffee.

8. 12 I sit twiddle my thumb wait for him to finish using the phone.

9. George stuck out his index finger and raised his thumb.

10. We're sailors, after all, and we're trained to go to "sea", not sit alongside and twiddle our thumbs.

11. 16 E . g . I have got to be busy,(www.Sentencedict.com) I can't sit down and twiddle my thumbs.

12. He tamped down the tobacco in his pipe with his thumb.

13. He caught his thumb in the door.

14. He was still under his father's thumb.

15. 1 Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs. 

16. You're a big baby who doesn't know his thumb from his dick.

17. He rubbed his thumb and forefinger together, waved his hand, and sat there.

18. 4 Mock not a cobbler for his black thumbs. 

19. He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.

20. He took the pen between his thumb and forefinger.

21. 4 His thumb rubbed sensuously along the swollen lower lip while his other hand undid his belt buckle.

22. I took his prehensile toes between my thumb and forefinger.

23. There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten.

24. 10 A small splinter of metal had lodged in his thumb.

25. Mr. White has a green thumb. His garden is always beautiful.