Sentence examples for been jumpy about from inspiring English sources
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.
But they, too, are jumpy about Europe.
Security officials are jumpy about the prospect of the red-shirted supporters of Mr Thaksin fighting with the yellow-shirted PAD supporters.
Regulators are jumpy about who runs banks: TPG has reportedly promised WaMu's supervisor that it will not use its holding to exercise control.
Turkey dispatched three frigates this week, and on September 21st Mr Erdogan signed a deal with Turkish-controlled north Cyprus to begin drilling itself.America is jumpy about the falling-out of its two biggest allies in the region.
But with the majority of the British press in the hands of extreme rightwing proprietors determined to throw mud at anyone who dared to stray an inch to the left of Enoch Powell, they did indeed have plenty to be jumpy about.
Pension funds, insurers and other institutional managers are jumpy about the merest hint of trouble for individual companies.
People are jumpy about public infrastructure security these days with good reason: As the federal government struggles to protect nationwide critical infrastructure, heterogenous city and state-level technology provide a sprawling attack surface.
Democrats across the country are jumpy about avoiding a repeat of 2016, when the DNC and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman were both hacked and Wikileaks published their private emails for the world to see.
He said that the British "are jumpy about the Americans going full bore on the Iranians, with no compromise".
