jumpy
Example Sentences
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“The market is very, very jumpy when it comes to the risks to foreign demand” for Treasurys, said Thomas Simons, a money-market economist for Jefferies in New York.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
As rates retreated from recent highs, investors have gotten jumpy at reports of troubled corporate borrowers.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
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 • Feb. 23, 2026
Making jumpy decisions when under the cosh is not the way to survive a trial at Tynecastle, but that's what Murray did when bringing down Braga for Shankland's penalty.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
I should find comfort in knowing these men will back me up in the Trial, but instead, I'm jumpy.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.