Sentence examples for getting a bit edgy from inspiring English sources

The part of a sentence "getting a bit edgy" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is an idiomatic phrase that means becoming slightly tense or irritable, usually due to stress or frustration. Example: After hours of waiting in line, the customers were getting a bit edgy and starting to complain about the slow service.

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"But I've seen myself sometimes in the past just getting a bit edgy because the coffee has been a bit too cool when I asked for it, just little things where I think, 'Ohhh, that's where it could start,' like the next step is, 'Why are these grapes not peeled?,' you know?" For Mr. Neeson, acting in a play, particularly one by a great writer, nourishes the roots of the performer's art.

Twenty minutes in we were a couple of scores down, the pressure was mounting and the crowd were getting a bit edgy.

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They could hear the readings beginning so started threatening my team who had become a bit anxious and it started to get a bit edgy.

Then she got a bit edgy and went for the assistant engineer a couple of times, so we had to stop".

"We got a bit edgy second half, We got a bit anxious but I thought we played some decent stuff but our decision making needs to be better".

"I thought there were times when we had time to play and we got a bit edgy and some of the passing was a bit slow at times.

"I couldn't believe I was in a position to win at the end of the fourth set, so I was starting to get a bit edgy.

"But we just got a bit edgy by not finishing off our chances and it could have been at least 40 to 50 points before they were even on the scoreboard.

Things get a bit edgier in the sitting-room (unsafe gas fire, sofa with a grey blanket, standard lamp 'for atmos'), as he works out which would be the best still from Farinelli: Il Castrato to project as a subtly teasing cultural reference on his wall.

And his art is always edgy – a bit worrying, getting a bit under your skin.

"But even at 2-0 at half-time I said the next goal was all-important and I felt that Celtic were getting a wee bit edgy at times.

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