How to Use jitter in a Sentence

jitter

noun
  • The first game jitters are now out the way.
    — Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Maybe your kid has back-to-school jitters.
    — Malaka Gharib, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Layered on top of that are fresh macro jitters.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
  • These doubts have led to jitters in the stock market.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • But before the bad luck jitters set in, take a deep breath.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
  • There will be some jitters early on; that goes with the first game.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • There were no early-game jitters.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Running out there with the first snap jitters was pretty cool.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Even royals aren’t immune to first-day jitters at a new school!
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • That was just at the very beginning of the film, first-day jitters.
    — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • The move adds to jitters throughout the week, find more details here.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • Barbara Palvin still gets pre-show jitters.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Sure, there are jitters about an AI bubble.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The return came with jitters similar to the first day of school for some.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Dallas had the ball to start the second half and seemed to get over its early jitters.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2019
  • But just take some time to reflect on running out there with the first-snap jitters was pretty cool.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • So, there was a lot of tension in a good way, like excitement, that like pre-show jitters.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
  • Football is my favorite thing to do, so getting back dirty, get a little bit of jitters.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That’s because the oil shock from the Iran war has sent jitters across the economy.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And that was worth every minute of my unwarranted pre-trip jitters.
    — Amelia Edelman, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This can help the employee to learn more about their teammates quickly and ease some of their first day jitters.
    — Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, Cincinnati.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Despite jitters investors may feel, experts say stock investors should tune out rate moves.
    — Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
  • At big companies, tariffs are the leading cause of those jitters.
    — Nelson D. Schwartz, New York Times, 7 June 2019
  • And perhaps that helped the Jayhawks overcome some first-round jitters.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Well, despite a spell of jitters last year, no recession happened.
    — Larry Light, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • No jitters, no second-guessing.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • This process is slow and vulnerable to the slightest jitters.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
  • The royal titles given by their mom help ease first-day jitters about fitting in and making friends.
    — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023
  • Nervous jitters coursed through her body, leftovers from the stressful rappelling.
    — Heather Balogh Rochfort, The Know, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Some people on social media claim that adding salt to coffee can help reduce jitters.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2026

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