Sentence examples for jumpy that from inspiring English sources

The market has been so jumpy that a single egg may make all the difference, especially if it is fertile.

The events of the past few days show the markets so jumpy that the smallest bump can send them into a tailspin.

The events of the past few days show the markets are now so jumpy that the least hiccup can send them into a tailspin.

Senator John McCain has been an edgy front-runner in recent days, pumped up by crowds and in near disbelief about national polls showing him racing ahead of Mitt Romney, but still visibly jumpy that something could go terribly wrong.

Cairo's liberals are so jumpy that talk of allowing policemen to grow beards is seen as a step on the road to turning Egypt into an Islamic Republic modelled on Iran; though the prosecution of two journalists for apparently insulting Mr Morsi gives genuine cause for concern.Aside from that, Mr Morsi has so far exercised power with care.

Of course, the second man always drives too fast – his confidence in his reaction times is absolute – and the first man has never had a wreck, but when I am driving with him, he is so jumpy that it feels like a wreck is imminent.

The jumpy music that resulted was given the name hip-hop.

The government hopes a trillion dollars will be spent between 2012 and 2017, although with a creaking banking sector and jumpy investors that is optimistic.

The pieces present intensely complex thematic and rhythmically jumpy lines that are repeated in canon at dramatically different tempos according to precise mathematical ratios.

The batting about of the "R" word -- recession -- is making investors even more jumpy because that could turn the slower growth in profits that many investors are now expecting into a decline in profits.

Ewan McGregor, who has recently hopped from genre to genre ("Moulin Rouge," "Attack of the Clones," "Down With Love") like a caffeinated cricket, has a jumpy ferocity that makes him perfect for the role.