skittish

Example Sentences

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"Markets can look skittish or confused, but what they're really doing is managing event risk in real time, with oil sitting right at the centre of that."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Stories of job loss abound within the US Haitian diaspora as some employers become skittish over the uncertainty surrounding TPS.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Tech firms’ ambitious plans for blowout spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure had already been making some investors skittish over the past couple of months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Airlines lost booking momentum when some customers turned skittish and made other plans ahead of Thanksgiving holiday as the shutdown ground on.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026

He’d also heard that television emitted possibly harmful electronic rays and he was skittish about spending too much time in front of the ubiquitous tube.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady