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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These are jittery times, and scripted television has responded with an unusually jittery set of offerings.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
Investors remain jittery as the conflict between Israel and Iran has yet to cool.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 19 June 2025
And the real-world interest in conspiracy theories provides a feedback loop for Hollywood to make more of these stories see under: Ryan Coogler developing a new X-Files for these jittery 2020s times — which powers and makes these real-world theories even more fun.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 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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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
Investors remain jittery as the conflict between Israel and Iran has yet to cool.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 19 June 2025
And the real-world interest in conspiracy theories provides a feedback loop for Hollywood to make more of these stories see under: Ryan Coogler developing a new X-Files for these jittery 2020s times — which powers and makes these real-world theories even more fun.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 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 19 Aug. 2025.
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