Examples of jittery in a Sentence
I always get jittery when I have to give a speech.
The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
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Tariffs have already raised prices of the leading brands of strollers, car seats and other kids’ products by hundreds of dollars, sending retailers and manufacturers scrambling to secure inventory from vendors and driving jittery parents into buying items for newborns right away.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
The latter would be the smartest course, calming jittery investors and giving U.S. companies more certainty over how to plan for the months and years ahead.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
March has been especially difficult for Nvidia, which is off nearly 9% during the period as jittery investors shy away from last year’s Big Tech high flyers.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Walmart's strong performance continued in its most recent quarter, but its forecast for the rest of the year — lower-than-expected profit and slowing sales growth — took a toll on a jittery market.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
The latter would be the smartest course, calming jittery investors and giving U.S. companies more certainty over how to plan for the months and years ahead.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
March has been especially difficult for Nvidia, which is off nearly 9% during the period as jittery investors shy away from last year’s Big Tech high flyers.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Walmart's strong performance continued in its most recent quarter, but its forecast for the rest of the year — lower-than-expected profit and slowing sales growth — took a toll on a jittery market.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Jittery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jittery. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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