skittish

Example Sentences

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Everyone feels a little stressed, a little skittish, a little tender to the touch.

From Salon

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

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

From MarketWatch

The younger versions of Noah and Allie, callow and skittish, are laid out in broad strokes.

From Los Angeles Times

All those factors have made many investors skittish about exposure to the nation.

From MarketWatch