jitter
Example Sentences
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I see the new girl, Charlotte, standing with her team and my insides tangle up with pre-race jitters.
From Literature
Wall Street jitters about the Iran war spilled over Tuesday into a vital part of U.S. financial markets that typically hum along without a hitch.
From MarketWatch
Those include AI jitters, struggles in private-credit markets and a sharp decline in investors’ expectations for interest-rate cuts that has sent bond yields soaring, lifting borrowing costs across the economy.
The Bruins shook off their early jitters by hitting their next eight shots to quickly build a 13-point lead midway through the half.
From Los Angeles Times
But the war in Iran, skyrocketing gas prices and other economic jitters are making homebuyers nervous, Redfin says, adding that it’s a buyer’s market, with sellers outnumbering buyers by more than 40%.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
