Sentence examples for been jumpy from inspiring English sources

We had been jumpy for weeks, knowing that the books were in warehouses nearby, yet we couldn't get at them.

To a Popper-reading scientist, that's a little like saying: although there's no evidence that the sky is going to fall in, you should hide under your desk anyway.Since ministers flatly denied there was any danger to people from mad-cow disease, Britain's government and press have been jumpy about public health.

In Ohio, polling has been jumpy this month, with some surveys putting Clinton ahead by up to 30 points, while others indicate just a 5-point gap in the secretary's favor.

He was jumpy.

The men were jumpy.

I was jumpy".

His mind was jumpy.

Nearly everyone is jumpy.

Everyone is jumpy.

The system is jumpy.

I remember once being jumpy.