jittery

Example Sentences

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Investors have been especially jittery about software companies after Anthropic released simple plug-ins that had capabilities they feared could disrupt various industries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said while the holiday and airline industry "is at pains to stress there are no current fuel shortages....consumers are getting jittery".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Where her music was once jittery, now it glides.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Investors, still questioning whether a truce between the U.S. and Iran will last after their two-week cease-fire agreement, will be looking for company earnings to provide a solid fundamental underpinning for a jittery stock market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

But I don’t like being compared to a jittery dog.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty