Sentence examples for jumpy by from inspiring English sources

Animals that are hunted are jumpy by nature.

Jumpy by April de Angelis is at the Duke of York Theatre until 3 November.

Three were so reflexively jumpy by the experiences of the past week that they dashed into the remains of a store at the sound of an approaching car.

But its mobilisation without clear leadership, with the help only of mobile telephones and the internet, must have unnerved officials made jumpy by fears that China might copy the Arab Spring.

Booth is jumpy — surprised by Lincoln, he pulls a gun on him — and full of "scheming and dreaming".

Americans have been put in a jumpy mood by grim global headlines, lending a "safety-first" edge to mid-term congressional elections on November 4th.In this section If the Republicans win the Senate.

Posh and Jumpy, written by Laura Wade and April de Angelis respectively, will play consecutive limited runs of three months each at the Duke of York's Theatre from May.

Efforts to reassure a jumpy market by MBIA and Countrywide Financial showed few results Wednesday morning, but a robust earnings forecast from Dupont sparked a mixed open on Wall Street after Tuesday's afternoon sell-off.

Her autumnal impulses are balanced by jumpy, satirical ones.

Both the synagogue and Jewish cultural centre are guarded by jumpy armed men from a private security company.

But since the Iraqi Kurds are surrounded by jumpy neighbours with their own Kurdish minorities, they know what can and can't be said.