Sentence examples for jitters not from inspiring English sources

In 2005, when they set out to adopt a Guatemalan baby boy, the couple faced the usual jitters, not to mention mounds of paperwork.

Western fund managers have jitters not merely because they do not know the difference between one African country and another; they also note that African leaders such as Mr Mbeki are deeply reluctant to criticise the despot on their doorstep.

What Ms. Martin termed "food fussing" has had the effect of giving hosts the jitters not just about the quality of their cooking but also about its possible adverse effects.

Written by husband-and-wife authors Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, the plot follows unmarried thirtysomethings Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) who are expecting their first child when they begin to get the jitters – not so much about becoming parents, but simply where they belong in the world.

Ashley's preflight jitters did not lessen her excitement.

Both recall being nervous, but their jitters did not stifle the conversation.

"We got some jitters, maybe not that much nervousness," the rookie Richard Jefferson said.

But jitters have not gone away as investors, businesses and policymakers brace for more Chinese shockwaves.

Stock prices may be volatile, but somehow investor jitters have not had much impact on the underwriting business.

Debutante Ball Waltzes Back In The year 2000 will have something that 1999, for all the millennium prognostication and Y2K jitters, did not: an International Debutante Ball.

But this easy money has done nothing to rejuvenate business spending, and a growing number of economists suspect that war jitters are not the only reason.