when a person's legs/feet move

[alpacinou]

I need a verb which would fit in this sentence. I want it to mean the person's legs were moving in the air. Can I use "dangle"? I also want to make sure the rest is okay:

Anna was wearing a short skirt. She sat on the chair, crossing her bare legs. Her legs and stiletto-clad feet were dangling in the air as she waited for her boss to arrive.

I mean she kept moving her legs and her feet slowly in the air.

 

[Tdol]

Yes, it's fine for me.

 

[Tarheel]

What do you mean by "bare" there? That she wasn't wearing nylons?

 

[alpacinou]

What do you mean by "bare" there? That she wasn't wearing nylons?

I mean they weren't covered by jeans or a long skirt.

 

[emsr2d2]

I mean they weren't covered by jeans or a long skirt.

However, Tarheel's point is a good one. In addition to knowing that she wasn't wearing trousers or jeans, we also know she wasn't wearing socks, tights or stockings. Note, though, that one can have bare legs under a long skirt.

 

[Tarheel]

Anna was wearing a short skirt.

I wouldn't assume she was wearing nylons (or whatever). She was wearing a short skirt, so her legs were visible from the knees down. (We don't know how much she was showing because we don't know how short the skirt was.) It is not, I think, necessary to say her legs were otherwise bare.

You could say she was fidgeting.