How to Use jittery in a Sentence

jittery

adjective
  • I always get jittery when I have to give a speech.
  • The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
  • At first, the bumpy, jittery ride is fun, a lark, a way to pass the time.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2024
  • One gunshot from a jittery thief was about to change her world.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Our embassy here, which shut down last week, will be jittery.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2021
  • At least, a jittery phone-fumbler like me hasn’t been able to crack one.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • When Sadie thought of it, their act was in the jittery black and white of long ago.
    — Elizabeth McCracken, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Of course the mood was that of a hundred jittery fans trying to play it cool.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But fears about the virus have done more than just create a jittery stock market.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Children were jittery; their parents too tired to speak much.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Thinking about the six weeks ahead of him, the schoolboy got all jittery about the legs.
    — Helen Oyeyemi, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Zane has his head strapped to a block so a jittery doctor can peel back his scalp and drill through his skull.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • And a large share of employees are jittery about getting laid off.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • It was set to be a bumpy start in the face of jittery markets and transportation snags.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Not too many things make a beat writer more jittery than a rainy forecast on getaway day.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 24 June 2018
  • This adds a burst of non-jittery energy to your morning.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
  • But the ride becomes prominently harsh and jittery over rough roads.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The statements pushed jittery investors to cut back on their stock market risk over the last month.
    — Matt Phillips, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Yeah, Charley — a jittery sort — says, but his secretary does.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2021
  • But then the crowds swelled to the tens of thousands, and the security state got jittery.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Markets have been jittery ahead of the elections, with many investors wary of taking big bets.
    — Will Horner, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
  • After a while, a sense of quasi-normalcy returned to the jittery flight.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 25 June 2017
  • My mother was jittery and fussing with gadgets on the kitchen counters.
    — Becca Andrews, Wired, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Or think of grainy black-and-white film, or jittery Super 8, or scratches on vinyl.
    — Brian Eno, WIRED, 1 Jan. 1999
  • And even a jittery peace is better than the bloody alternative.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 June 2021
  • That gave some good news to jittery investors, although the wider banking turmoil isn't over.
    — Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
  • As the days wore on, soldiers guarding the checkpoints became less jittery.
    — The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The spring of 2021 was a fraught, jittery moment in the county schools.
    — Charles Homans, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • My guide, Christian Seamans, calmed my nerves and a few silent prayers stilled my jittery hands.
    — Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2021
  • Look no further than Gold Pure Matcha for a less jittery caffeine boost.
    — Carly Monardo, Bon Appétit, 8 Oct. 2024

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