Sentence examples for jumpy over from inspiring English sources

The election marked the end of a contest held in a city still reeling from the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, and jumpy over continued episodes of anthrax infections and fear of another terrorist assault.

And if Mr. Netanyahu trusted Mr. Obama more, he would be less jumpy over every statement of caution emerging from Washington, like one by Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that it would not be prudent to decide to attack Iran now because it would destabilize the region.

Not in the corridors of state government, where stomachs are still jumpy over an ongoing, years-long criminal probe by federal prosecutors who persuaded a former state treasurer, Paul J. Silvester, to plead guilty to racketeering and conspiracy to launder money.

But, with no funds having yet been paid over by the proposed purchaser, the offshore vehicle Bishop International Limited, it is understood Priestley is getting jumpy over the potential liability his firm may face over deferred player wages if the BIL's bid goes awry.

An idea that seemed too creepy after the attacks now seems to suit the country's jumpy, look-over-your-shoulder mood better than ever.

Another new love song, "Will Do," proffered its uncertain devotion — "I think we're compatible/ I see that you think I'm wrong" — with a jumpy melody over a doomy undertow, as the guitars plunged low.

The jumpy mood over MPs' behaviour was heightened when Fabricant was suddenly sacked for a series of injudicious tweets, including one saying it was about time Miller was sacked.

Because it was taken with a mobile phone, the images are jumpy and all-over-the-place, but it's unlikely that a professionally shot movie would have captured the spontaneity of the joy — and relief — of the boatload of mostly Eritrean migrants rescued by the Italian navy in the Mediterranean after a harrowing four-day crossing from Libya.

Take "Open Eye Signal," for example: the track grows from a sonic buzz to a cathartic atmosphere over the course of six minutes, until a jolting, jumpy breakdown takes over to close the song.

No jaunty voice-overs, no jumpy editing: Mr. Gee holds our attention with a tragic story, simply told.

But the question becomes whether jumpily edited copies of paintings are an improvement over jumpy viewers.