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
• After a while, a sense of quasi-normalcy returned to the jittery flight.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 25 June 2017
• Look no further than Gold Pure Matcha for a less jittery caffeine boost.
  — Carly Monardo, Bon Appétit, 8 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Pets are bound to be jittery, what with all the excitement inside of the house that comes with the handing out of treats and the constant ringing of the door bell.
  — Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Through its bite-sized hooks and jittery indie-rock salvos, The Con lays bare the dreams and demons of its creators, and now, some of their closest allies.
  — Chris Payne, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Maybe a hybrid or indica might help to mellow out the jittery effects?
  — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024