Sentence examples for becomes jumpy from inspiring English sources

If the dog cannot remain calm, becomes jumpy, barks, or worse, a board may have serious doubts.

"I became jumpy about everything," she recalled.

He has become jumpy; every approaching vessel might pose a danger.

Returning to upright position, Ms. Gray became jumpy, stalking the corners of the stage in a dynamic but rather scattered blur.

Investors have become jumpy, says the local branch of the Confederation of British Industry, a lobby group.The riots have not yet threatened the peace process.

Investors have become jumpy about any potential threat to the publisher's balance sheet should the civil cases result in damages payments.

Without routine early exposure to a wide array of microbes, the immune system may become jumpy and frightened, overreacting violently to harmless substances like pollen, peanuts or even the body's own cells.

I become jumpy when I hear any loud noise.

As in Europe, many U.S. consumers have now become jumpy about food with altered genes.

Stricter rules on pension accounting and funding, says David Wyss of S&P, "will speed the decline of corporate pension plans".Companies say they dislike the volatility of pension-scheme valuations and the thought that they will become jumpier still.

At the same time, we can see how pathetic she sometimes appears to Nate: she gets drunk so as to be able to say what she really feels; she becomes belligerent, jumpy, too responsive to Nate's moods.