Sentence examples for grew jittery from inspiring English sources

The market grew jittery after the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said an index of regional manufacturing activity fell to a negative 24.9, from a negative 17.4 in March.

When some of Brazil's most important private construction and civil engineering companies grew jittery about the financial risks earlier this year, the government raised its investment stake and is now financing more than three quarters of the project.

[Page B3.] The economic challenge became intense in recent days as airlines and other companies announced tens of thousands of layoffs, the stock market swooned, consumers grew jittery and the international outlook worsened.

But clouds may be gathering ahead of a parliamentary election due next month.Kuwait's authorities have grown jittery, too.

But, as polls showed Americans growing jittery about gasoline prices, McCain apparently found it expedient in this area, too, to shift course.

Analysts said prices have plummeted because of a huge jettisoning of oil contracts by market speculators, mainly hedge funds, which have grown jittery about the slowing global economy.

In his remarks on Thursday, Mr. Putin also demanded that officials crack down on food speculators, seeking to calm a public that has grown jittery because of rising prices for meat, flour, pasta and other staples.

"Embarrassing questions," explained the Manhattanite, Lindsay Garvy-Yeguf, 28, the butterfly tattoo on her foot growing jittery, as her husband, Gunes Yeguf, 31, turned paler in his dark suit.

His wife, he says, backs him, despite the suffering his stance has brought the family.In recent weeks, the Zimbabwean opposition has found a new energy, and the government has grown jittery.

Israeli Arabs, who represent a fifth of the country's population, have grown jittery as nationalist elements in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition have questioned their loyalty to the state.

Some of the major unions and Washington politicians whose endorsements helped solidify Dr. Dean's front-runner status have grown jittery in recent weeks as they watched a campaign seemingly off the tracks.