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Recent Examples of skittish At a time when celebs in general seem more skittish than ever about social media and fans (with good reason) and while everything else online seems especially …bad, the timing is exactly right for this kind of real-life-meets-social-media-goofiness to flourish. Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024 But, unlike France, for example, British officials have been noticeably skittish about the possibility of deploying soldiers, under any scenario. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 And some lawmakers, advocates and medical experts argue that even if exceptions are in place, doctors and hospitals will remain skittish about intervening. Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 17 Jan. 2025 The report comes with markets skittish over the state of inflation and the Fed’s potential response. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for skittish 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skittish
Adjective
  • Alain Delon plays his excitable, passionate nephew, and the luminous Claudia Cardinale the daughter of a local bureaucrat whose romance with Delon becomes the vessel by which the Prince’s family will maintain its power in the future.
    Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
  • As an actor, Branagh has a voice that’s high, excitable, and light, and his physicality possesses a tomcat sneakiness.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Some have shared their tips on how the video's creator could approach the timid canine.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar Key Cast: Yami Gautam Dhar, Pratik Gandhi, Eijaz Khan, Prateik Babbar, Mukul Chadda A high-energy adventure following a timid momma’s boy and a daring wild child who find themselves on the run from ruthless goons on their wedding night.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The film opens on one such unexplained conflict, setting the tone for the volatile, irregular behavior that ensues.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The pilot follows an offbeat Fresno diner where an ex-party girl, a volatile chef, and an oddball busboy contend with ghost pirates, volcanoes, and the minor inconvenience of dying.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Both Hancock and Quaid recall their first meeting about the script — especially how nervous the actor was.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025
  • These tips can help nervous flyers manage or overcome their fear of the skies.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • For instance, things like the strict use of the belt and different things about not being able to make mistakes and being very hyper cautious and aware for us and fearful for us.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Afghan nationals who had worked with the United States or NATO forces were particularly fearful of reprisals from the Taliban.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • And with President Donald Trump's tariff threats highlighting the risk of that dependence, the success of the $24 billion Trans Mountain expansion is stoking Canada's desire to further decouple from its unpredictable neighbor -- and play a larger role in global oil markets.
    Robert Tuttle Bloomberg News (WPNS), arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
  • But here’s what the L.A. fires have taught us: No plan survives its first encounter with an unpredictable reality.
    Josh Klein, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Skittish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skittish. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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