How to Use antsy in a Sentence

antsy

adjective
  • And that’s when Nixon got antsy.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 June 2026
  • Nothing to get antsy about now.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Alas, even best-sellers get antsy.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But like the fans, Leipold is getting antsy.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • By the end of last season, Porter felt antsy.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • There was no easing in or getting antsy.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Bowman sure didn’t sound like someone who feels too antsy about that.
    — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • He’s known to offer toys to kids who get antsy while their parents try to shop.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Security was no doubt antsy to call it a night and go home.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
  • Some judges are getting antsy about how slow the cases are moving.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Financing costs make folks antsy.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This likely would have appealed to Jack, who could be antsy, too.
    — Denise Davidson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 July 2018
  • This is right around the time when fans of a team start to get incredibly antsy.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The legal system is getting antsy to move on.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Both parties were already getting antsy last week.
    — NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Trout is too antsy to handle the down time of being a DH.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Thanks to 13 ski lifts, lines are short and kids antsy to hit the slopes can get up the mountain faster.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The friends described Williams as antsy and having body armor with him.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Dee Gordon, antsy as always on first base, took off for second.
    — Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 May 2017
  • After a while, the snacks stopped working as the antsy little ones wanted to roam.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • And as the days inch closer to a lunar eclipse, Teddy grows more antsy.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Tesla is in hot water with one of its key customer bases, and some bulls are getting antsy.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • And this is when the kidnappers and the people around them can make mistakes, or get antsy.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Apr. 2026
  • When a startup’s bank account is sloshing with easy money, founders get antsy to spend it.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • Yet, fans of those sorts of films might get antsy, waiting for the action to really heat up.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Now, roughly a year and a half since its debut, fans are getting antsy for the next chapter in the saga.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 July 2025
  • Better to look concerned and antsy, excuse yourself, and dash.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • With no game to play last Friday, the Owls were antsy, but still having fun and locked in.
    — Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • But this is a key offseason for Heupel, whose fan base is starting to get antsy.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The longer this thing drags out, the more antsy the front office will become by necessity.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025

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