Sentence examples for got twitchy from inspiring English sources

Pirates in the Arabian Sea had hijacked a sailboat skippered by a retired couple from California, and when the American Navy closed in, the pirates got twitchy.

So when Peter and Paul started revving up the same revolution machine once again, the authorities got twitchy.

That was intended as a joke, although I think it's the first time he has said that government lawyers got twitchy when he made his statement about the war being illegal at the dispatch box.

When a legal case in the US underlined the importance of being upfront about who had actually authored a book, the publishers got twitchy about Felix's unofficial role – and the decision was taken, says Felix, to put his name on the cover alongside that of his dad.

"...I got twitchy about halfway through the night, desperate for two things I really wanted and didn't have: Internet and sugar".

Her father was getting twitchy.

Maybe the younger Americans will get twitchy.

The US was getting twitchy too.

The RFU, though, is getting twitchy.

Drivers are up in arms and politicians are getting twitchy.

The result is that Conservatives are getting twitchy.