Sentence examples for felt uptight from inspiring English sources

With so much of the business dependent on holiday shoppers, and with so many companies crowding into this niche, even executives of the most well-known sites felt uptight about what the new year would bring.

"I didn't want anything to feel uptight," he said.

In fact, cigarettes stopped the pang of nicotine withdrawal which made them feel uptight and irritable.

The formal protocols of classical music concerts that can make audiences feel uptight should be tossed out.

Should I ever start to feel uptight or nervous before a race, I breathe deep and all the way out.

("I feel uptight when I walk in the city/I feel so cold when I'm at home," goes the fidgety title track).

I was beginning to feel uptight about my transience in the kitchen, just as someone at the table asked Rachel how she came up with all of these good things.

I always feel uptight and wired.

Parenting Application: It is natural to feel uptight and want to do everything just right when you are a parent.

If a person has a lot of thinking going on in his or her head, sure, the person will feel uptight (like Chelsea at that moment).

Writing this makes me feel uptight and humorless, but that said, I've seen the other side of stalking: fear, violence, anxiety, torment and the unwelcome and unwarranted disruption of life.