How to Use jittery in a Sentence

jittery

adjective
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  • I always get jittery when I have to give a speech.
  • The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
  • When Sadie thought of it, their act was in the jittery black and white of long ago.
    — Elizabeth McCracken, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The spring of 2021 was a fraught, jittery moment in the county schools.
    — Charles Homans, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Thinking about the six weeks ahead of him, the schoolboy got all jittery about the legs.
    — Helen Oyeyemi, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2021
  • At least, a jittery phone-fumbler like me hasn’t been able to crack one.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Some of them have been jittery for months about the company’s sale to Mr. Musk.
    — Kate Conger, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • It was set to be a bumpy start in the face of jittery markets and transportation snags.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The young woman moves through the streets of New York with a jittery nervousness.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But fears about the virus have done more than just create a jittery stock market.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 27 Feb. 2020
  • But Heather noticed Roslyn seemed jittery in the weeks before the murder.
    — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The statements pushed jittery investors to cut back on their stock market risk over the last month.
    — Matt Phillips, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Our embassy here, which shut down last week, will be jittery.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2021
  • Signe knows a drug dealer, the jittery Stian (Steiner Klouman Hallert), who can get anything for you on the dark web.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Apr. 2023
  • My guide, Christian Seamans, calmed my nerves and a few silent prayers stilled my jittery hands.
    — Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2021
  • Cousins looked jittery, bouncing in the pocket with happy feet before sailing a pass out of the back of the end zone on third down.
    — Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
  • And a large share of employees are jittery about getting laid off.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Children were jittery; their parents too tired to speak much.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
  • But the ride becomes prominently harsh and jittery over rough roads.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Yeah, Charley — a jittery sort — says, but his secretary does.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2021
  • Markets have been jittery ahead of the elections, with many investors wary of taking big bets.
    — Will Horner, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
  • On the screen, Nora greets visitors in a blush-tone office conceived to soothe the most jittery clients.
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Not too many things make a beat writer more jittery than a rainy forecast on getaway day.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 24 June 2018
  • There were furrowed brows and jittery hands, but every face was set in focus.
    — Elissa Miolene, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Visitors came off the ride wide-eyed, jittery and smiling.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 2 May 2021
  • As the days wore on, soldiers guarding the checkpoints became less jittery.
    — The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
  • So, right now with all this news that seems to be excellent for Donald Trump, Wall Street and the market are very, very jittery.
    — Fox News, 28 July 2018
  • For the most part, the Hyundai is a comfortable commuter but was jittery over the rougher patches of pavement that dot Michigan's roads.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The data has helped assuage a jittery market and helped stocks recover to near all-time highs.
    — Brian Evans,alex Harring, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Notes: An explosion of jittery energy for about an hour, followed by bubble guts and a mild headache for the next hour.
    — Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024

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