jumpy

Example Sentences

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It doesn’t take much to cause tumultuous stock moves in a market top-heavy with tech shares and jumpy about the prospects for artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal

This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.

From Los Angeles Times

But on the way to Ms. Chang’s class, Ana asks: “How come you’re so jumpy?”

From Literature

She startles and spins around, just as jumpy as last night.

From Literature

He was pale and jumpy, his hands fluttering here and there like two hummingbirds.

From Literature