Sentence examples for was getting jumpy from inspiring English sources

Police had been annoying us all day and everybody was getting jumpy.

Rafe later testified, "There were helicopters flying around, and everyone was getting jumpy about having the girl".

When it was announced the US Capitol had gone on lockdown after cops spotted an object that looked like a gun in a backpack, it seemed like the entire country was getting jumpy, bracing itself for the next blow.

If they were getting jumpy about Munster's momentum then the arrival of the rain would not have helped them.

The events are not linked, but the government is getting jumpy.In Grenoble, a 23-year-old was attacked by a gang who followed him off a tram in the city centre.

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.

Now as his fellow Democrats are getting jumpy and talking about Mr. Clinton as an unused campaign resource, Mr. Gore needs to have the discipline to stick to the plan implicit in his convention declaration that "I stand here tonight as my own man".

Having staved off competitors trying to copycat his direct-order PC. business, young Dell must be getting jumpy again as upstart Internet.

Find out why your chickens are getting jumpy and squawking.

He used to make time run forward, backward and at a 30-degree angle to the horizon all at once -- but since the mid-1980's, while almost everyone else has been getting jumpier, Mr. Resnais has favored a smoother artifice.

Compare that with the past volatility;plus your hunch about whether the stock will be getting jumpier or less jumpy to get a sense of whether the option is cheap right now.