While there is no evidence that consumers are prepared to increase their debt at a faster pace than their incomes are growing, many consumers have become less skittish about borrowing.

While some analysts are becoming less skittish about stocks as price-to-earnings ratios decline, Mr. Fosback sticks to his bearish stance.

Moreover, investors are generally becoming less skittish and taking a longer-term perspective.

Foreign investors have become very skittish.

The others, particularly Zeerith and Auro'pol, who were becoming more and more skittish, did not need to know the news was bad, very bad.

Game continued to be plentiful but became skittish.

I suppose we can blame Fralingham" - he glanced to his left - "for becoming skittish in this storm.

And when pressed in interviews, they became skittish and changed the subject.

And, in what might have been a sign that some steel investors were becoming skittish, it pulled down most other domestic steel stocks with it.

Japanese Buyers Skittish Adding to the liquidity problem is that Japanese buyers, who bolstered commercial property values in the 80's, have apparently become skittish.