Sentence examples for seemed jumpy from inspiring English sources

But the police seemed jumpy.

Even the official minders who typically accompany foreign journalists seemed jumpy on Friday.

But Bustos was not used to being away from Malmö, and seemed jumpy and ill at ease.

According to the testimony of Chase's friend Kathy McGaffigan, a racist taking classes at Harvard, Felton seemed jumpy and paranoid during this period.

From the start of the discussion, Stone, the writer-director of such political films as "Salvador" and "JFK," had seemed jumpy, swivelling his thick neck like a turret gun at the sound of any foolishness or naïveté.

Most of the actors seem jumpy, talking and moving and gesturing at speed, as though the stage manager had distributed Adderall while calling places.

But he didn't let the opportunity to take a dig at Obama go by either, offering an interpretation that made the president seem jumpy, amateur, and a bit too sure of himself.

You can keep doing this for a few days, especially if either animal seems jumpy or excited.

If you seem jumpy or nervous when you ask him, he'll feel nervous or even confused.

Normanno: You seem quite jumpy... Enrico: I am, you numpty / I'm losing my clout / While Edgardo's about / A deal with Arturo / Would be hunkydoro / But Lucia's acting the clown / By turning him down.

In recent weeks, he feuded with his father on HBO, contested numerous lawsuits and defended his legacy so loudly, so often, he seemed a bit jumpy, if not genuinely concerned.