Examples of jittery in a Sentence
I always get jittery when I have to give a speech.
The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
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But then the crowds swelled to the tens of thousands, and the security state got jittery.
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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
These are jittery times, and scripted television has responded with an unusually jittery set of offerings.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
The three-month employment trend paints a picture of a jittery economy as consumers, small businesses and corporate executives fret about the potential impact of Trump’s unpredictable trade war, along with other destabilizing policies like mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
Darvish has handled the October pressure well since his former Rangers colleague, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller, advantaged by a rising payroll at a time when Cubs ownership was made jittery by the pandemic, got him ahead of the 2021 season via a lopsided trade.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
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Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
These are jittery times, and scripted television has responded with an unusually jittery set of offerings.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
The three-month employment trend paints a picture of a jittery economy as consumers, small businesses and corporate executives fret about the potential impact of Trump’s unpredictable trade war, along with other destabilizing policies like mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
Darvish has handled the October pressure well since his former Rangers colleague, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller, advantaged by a rising payroll at a time when Cubs ownership was made jittery by the pandemic, got him ahead of the 2021 season via a lopsided trade.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
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“Jittery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jittery. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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