How to Use the jitters in a Sentence

the jitters

plural noun
  • But the jitters do not go away.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Let’s start leaning on those guys, get the jitters out, relax.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
  • Steven Spielberg has the jitters.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • Skip the jitters without skipping the ritual.
    — Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
  • He was drawn to the jitters at the starting line, the energy the community of runners around him provided.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • And some have pointed to Oracle as, well, a potential oracle of the jitters.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The Islamic Republic has the jitters.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Growing concerns about private credit — an alternative to the bank debt being arranged for EA — has added to the jitters.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • For Ferguson, the jitters started early, when she was told that Bigelow, one of her favorite filmmakers, wanted to chat with her about a potential role.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The title of the best band in America was on the line at Grand Championships, so the caliber of performances was elite and the jitters at an all-time high.
    — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Investors in Blackstone’s flagship private credit fund sought to yank 10% of their money this quarter, showing that the jitters engulfing the industry may be deepening.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 4 June 2026
  • Trump did get the jitters, but responded, as The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait noted, not by caving on health care but by ranting about the filibuster, ultimately picking a different way of doubling down.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Setting the tone for policy guidance is right within the chair's wheelhouse, and Warsh could try to diminish market expectations that the Fed is going to crank up asset purchases when Wall Street starts to get the jitters.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 22 May 2026
  • Many have the jitters, but not Kennedy Thompson, a student from CityDance Conservatory in North Bethesda, Maryland.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
  • Stewart, who has Tennessee Medicaid, said Bowens shepherded her through the jitters of early pregnancy with her twin sons, blood pressure issues during delivery, a C-section and baby blues after birth.
    — Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • By Friday, the jitters had spread — with private credit worries, a hotter-than-expected inflation print, and Middle East fears pushing the S&P 500 to its worst month since March.
    — Lu Wang, Bloomberg, 27 Feb. 2026
  • On a team known for its two offensive-minded stars, Anunoby’s ability to give opposing offenses the jitters while dictating his own offense isn’t a combination that can be replicated by anyone else on the roster — not to the degree that the best version of Anunoby can do it, at least.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Lloyd said much of the jitters rippling through gilt markets was arising from concern about potential successors sitting politically to the left of Starmer, such as Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026

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