How to Use jumpy in a Sentence

jumpy

adjective

• The gun salute had started nearby, and the dogs in the park were jumpy.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• Just as with people, the kids tend to be more playful and jumpy than the grown-ups.
  — Anna Diamond, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2019
• The monthly bash rolls out a jumpy mix of Northern Soul, R&B and garage rock.
  — cleveland.com, 26 May 2017
• But the very good pup (who was just a little hyper and jumpy) had enough.
  — Taylor Seely, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
• The emotional crises in this jumpy show do not feel earned.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
• In the morning the house is jumpy with light, sudden glints off melting snow.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
• But Bustos was not used to being away from Malmö, and seemed jumpy and ill at ease.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2017
• Maybe the Knicks get jumpy thinking the Cavs would go that direction.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2020
• Unless the john is a jumpy type, in which case the girls may be required to slug, bite or knife him and leave the remains on the street.
  — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017
• But being locked down in the house during the pandemic wasn’t good for the dog, whom Phifer said was jumpy.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022
• Along with O'Connor, the two native westerners carved out a jumpy place in the center.
  — Bill Mears, Fox News, 27 June 2018
• And if one of his livestock dogs get out, will a jumpy officer shoot it?
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
• Stewart, who was seated on the far left, seemed jumpy and frustrated from the start.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 June 2019
• But traders are getting jumpy as the deadline for an agreement nears.
  — William Shaw, Bloomberg.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• The action is carried along on jumpy, poppy editing rhythms and on-the-nose song cues.
  — Bart Layton, New York Times, 30 May 2018
• The Queen of Soul’s more energetic vocal is a great match for the jumpy rhythms of the song’s tricky 11/8 sections.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Feb. 2023
• Hannah Montana has pump-up-the-party songs that are more jumpy.
  — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 23 Aug. 2019
• Previous efforts had found the black hole in the center of the galaxy too jumpy to get a good picture.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 12 May 2022
• Be a calm, serene influence on someone who is jumpy or stressed.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2020
• Previous efforts had found the black hole in the center of our galaxy too jumpy to get a good picture.
  — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2022
• The jump scares are genuinely jumpy, but the film plays out more like a theme park ride than a family drama with teeth.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
• The logic of the essay might be jumpy or slightly disjointed.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
• The results are kinetic, if not as jumpy as Chee Keong Kung’s ink-and-acrylic pictures, which are full of straight lines yet swoop and swirl.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
• Day after day, the tiny, jumpy little animals came up through the drain and showed their soft, white bellies.
  — Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2022
• Here’s just a friendly reminder for everyone not to get too jumpy around here.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 June 2022
• The collateral damage on the other banks’ stock prices shows how jumpy Wall Street is right now.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Shots are fired and tires are burned, sending plumes of black smoke above an already jumpy populace.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2021
• Thomas Cook’s bondholders are already jumpy and the group has just 290 million pounds of net assets.
  — Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2019
• Nala was an extremely jumpy dog and had a hard time focusing.
  — Jack Williams, chicagotribune.com, 17 July 2019
• In the Vanity Fair story, Lee is portrayed as calm and collected compared to the more jumpy Prugo.
  — Vulture, 2 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024