heebie-jeebies
Example Sentences
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You’re living with a large cushion that should ease any of those financial heebie-jeebies.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
Just the mention of Fullerton might have given Cronin the heebie-jeebies.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2024
Yes, they are possessed of 15 MPs - just 2.3% of Parliament's total - but a string of by-election victories over the Conservatives has given dozens of Tories a blast of the heebie-jeebies.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023
Lovecraft short story, an apt source considering the eccentric author was, like Cage, drawn to tales of unearthly heebie-jeebies and anti-authoritarian resistance.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
He had the jitters and the heebie-jeebies, a feeling deep in his stomach that something was entirely wrong.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
