How to Use jittery in a Sentence

jittery

adjective

• I always get jittery when I have to give a speech.
• The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
• At first, the bumpy, jittery ride is fun, a lark, a way to pass the time.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2024
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• The other weak spot is the stockmarket, which is already jittery, and could get a lot more so if signs of a trade war get much stronger.
  — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Unemployment is ticking up, and markets are jittery after a bullish run.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024