How to Use twitchy in a Sentence

twitchy

adjective
  • And this person is a twitchy young woman with a gorgeous mop of hair.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Better a tough, twitchy adjustment than a lot of empty words.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
  • Robinson is a twitchy slot receiver with refined routes and quick feet in and out of his breaks.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Green is a twitchy, explosive edge rusher who plays with power.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • My dad grimaced during our team’s first game, wiping his twitchy eyes with a bandana.
    — Teresa Strasser, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
  • His routes are twitchy and his speed translates to easy separation skills.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • After all, facial swelling isn’t as common as, say, a twitchy eyelid.
    — Katie Camero, SELF, 23 Oct. 2024
  • There is something anxious about them, something nerve-jangling and twitchy.
    — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Her Lou is twitchy, nervous, unable to trust anything about her life and with good reason.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Jane was staring into the refrigerator but came out with twitchy eyes and no food.
    — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Nolen is an extremely twitchy and explosive player who has some rawness to his game.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • That irritation makes the airway more twitchy, more inflamed and prone to narrow.
    — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • At his best, Quaintance is a twitchy, 6-10 rim protector.
    — The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • The markets are still twitchy, the volatility has crept higher over the last three months, and option prices are reflecting that.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • McNeil-Warren is a twitchy playmaker with elite range, and top-shelf instincts.
    — Omar Kelly april 22, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Recruiting analysts have described him as twitchy and elite with long-term potential.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Strictly as an athlete, Perkins is impressive with sideline-to-sideline range, twitchy burst and speed to close.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The steering is quick and never relaxed on-center, riding a fine line between telepathic and twitchy.
    — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 28 Aug. 2023
  • After showing his potential as a twitchy outfielder with a rocket arm, Mays made the team.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
  • Just look at KuveNiemann’s crooked grin, frozen, faraway eyes and twitchy bearing.
    — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The steering is tight without feeling twitchy in all driving situations.
    — Dan Seifert, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Also, the trigger locks will help in twitchy shooters or when firing arrows in RPGs.
    — Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 7 May 2025
  • Toward the end of our conversation, Dickinson gets twitchy again.
    — Carrie Battan, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the Sagas convey an ambience thick with twitchy uncertainty.
    — Kristina Lindborg, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
  • Overall, Green is a twitchy athlete with the burst and body control to win one-on-one as a pass rusher and set a violent edge in the run game.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Revengeseekerz takes their talents to twitchy EDM-rap.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
  • In response, the lanky, twitchy Sparks leans back on his heels, squints upward and tastes the air, tucking his thumbs into the waist of his pants like a prospector.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
  • By mid-January, the player’s sponsors were getting twitchy, keen to know where Salah’s future lay.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Fans were twitchy and the administration grew impatient.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Seeing that marmot offshoot with his twitchy little nose and beady eyes, clutched by an obscure local bureaucrat, conjures hope for the year to come.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

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