jumpiness

Example Sentences

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As for May, I would work with the teacher to keep growing her courage skills, and I would also find a way to continue to keep her “fight or flight” nervous system jumpiness in check.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

Many people who endure a traumatic event will experience nightmares, jumpiness and emotional numbing in its wake.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Einstein objected to the jumpiness, chance elements and other indeterminate aspects of quantum theory, whereas Bohr found these acceptable.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2017

As I pieced the story together, their jumpiness became more understandable.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2016

But I knew Uncle Tony wasn't trying to be rude, and that his jumpiness was all about my second-place loss at the meet on Saturday, which, by the way, he wasn't at.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds