How to Use jitter in a Sentence

jitter

1 of 2 noun
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  • Hong Kong's Hang Seng sank the most on the jitters, down more than 1% on Friday.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2020
  • There will be some jitters early on; that goes with the first game.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Gross, who had been a camper at Nah-Jee-Wah herself, was no stranger to the first-day jitters.
    — Rachel Wisniewski, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Dallas had the ball to start the second half and seemed to get over its early jitters.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Uber’s 23% share drop since its IPO has added to investor jitters.
    — Michael Hytha, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020
  • Working out the kinks Credit first-game jitters in the Clash of the Causeway on Friday.
    — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2019
  • This might – this must be giving Democrats some jitters.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Even royals aren’t immune to first-day jitters at a new school!
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • So, there was a lot of tension in a good way, like excitement, that like pre-show jitters.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
  • The Allen sophomore forward also found out the mindset, and goals, to make those jitters go away.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Case in point: Tom even helps Margot get through her jitters when starting new jobs.
    — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 19 July 2023
  • This can help the employee to learn more about their teammates quickly and ease some of their first day jitters.
    — Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, Cincinnati.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • After some jitters leading up to the big day, the USC alumnus woke to a sense of calm on the morning of the women’s 400-meter hurdles.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Still, investors are worried that there’s another shoe to drop, and that’s sparked jitters in the market.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • Football is my favorite thing to do, so getting back dirty, get a little bit of jitters.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The outbreak could remain in the news for months, if not longer, creating more market jitters.
    — Russ Wiles, azcentral, 2 Feb. 2020
  • The team made sure to incorporate color-changing fade-downs, and bit of jitter in the light, the better to evoke the period.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2019
  • At big companies, tariffs are the leading cause of those jitters.
    — Nelson D. Schwartz, New York Times, 7 June 2019
  • The royal titles given by their mom help ease first-day jitters about fitting in and making friends.
    — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023
  • Market jitters caused investors to flee to safe assets.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2019
  • Apart from Dawn to Dusk, the formulas avoid triggering either the jitters or the crash of caffeine by dispensing with the kick as well.
    — Richard Cooke, The New Republic, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Due to a combination of pre-travel jitters and too much espresso, neither of us could sleep that night.
    — Andrea Whittle, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2019
  • Playing tournaments online and playing on LAN in front of a full stadium can bring out the jitters, but even the young guys on this team are proven.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Perhaps it can be written off as opening-night jitters.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • This was that kind of mismatch, once the Ducks conquered their first-quarter jitters and hung four unanswered touchdowns on Nevada in the first half’s final 8:28.
    — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Any sign those long-term profits are potentially at risk can send jitters through Wall Street.
    — WSJ, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Nervous jitters coursed through her body, leftovers from the stressful rappelling.
    — Heather Balogh Rochfort, The Know, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Despite the China jitters, others on Wall Street believe the company still has plenty of room to run.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Well, despite a spell of jitters last year, no recession happened.
    — Larry Light, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But Ramadhani says there's no room for jitters onstage.
    — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
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jitter

2 of 2 verb
  • That helped me get my first game jitters out of the way.
    — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Ehlinger seems to have all the freshman jitters out of the way, and is looking solid.
    — Hunter Cooke, ajc, 9 Oct. 2017
  • BYU players already had a chance to get the going-against-someone-else jitters out of the way.
    — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Nerissa’s heart began to pound and her left foot began to jitter.
    — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • Brown looked through his microscope and saw that the dust grains in a droplet of water were jittering around aimlessly.
    — National Geographic, 13 June 2017
  • The fragility of investors’ appetite for Greek debt was shown in recent weeks when market jitters over Italy also led to a rise in Greek bond yields.
    — Nektaria Stamouli, WSJ, 22 June 2018
  • Byrne’s nervous, jittering energy boils over in a tribute to a pair of very helpful parents -- a solid-gold resource for a young, starving artist in the big city.
    — William Goodman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Jones said this is not the first time in recent months that jitters over growing nuclear tensions have boosted sales of potassium iodide, which comes in tablet and liquid form and should be taken within hours of exposure to radiation.
    — NBC News, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The effort has produced impressive growth but also jitters among trading partners who fret about the government’s harsh treatment of domestic dissidents and labor activists.
    — Mike Ives, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
  • That helped me get my first game jitters out of the way.
    — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Ehlinger seems to have all the freshman jitters out of the way, and is looking solid.
    — Hunter Cooke, ajc, 9 Oct. 2017
  • BYU players already had a chance to get the going-against-someone-else jitters out of the way.
    — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Nerissa’s heart began to pound and her left foot began to jitter.
    — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • Brown looked through his microscope and saw that the dust grains in a droplet of water were jittering around aimlessly.
    — National Geographic, 13 June 2017
  • The fragility of investors’ appetite for Greek debt was shown in recent weeks when market jitters over Italy also led to a rise in Greek bond yields.
    — Nektaria Stamouli, WSJ, 22 June 2018
  • Byrne’s nervous, jittering energy boils over in a tribute to a pair of very helpful parents -- a solid-gold resource for a young, starving artist in the big city.
    — William Goodman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Jones said this is not the first time in recent months that jitters over growing nuclear tensions have boosted sales of potassium iodide, which comes in tablet and liquid form and should be taken within hours of exposure to radiation.
    — NBC News, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The effort has produced impressive growth but also jitters among trading partners who fret about the government’s harsh treatment of domestic dissidents and labor activists.
    — Mike Ives, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017

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