jumpiness

Feeling rather embarrassed over his jumpiness, Sam took the point.

Just messages coming down, he thought, scornful of his jumpiness.

Ned scowled, then came to terms with his own jumpiness.

I hardly needed the drink really, but Jordan's jumpiness was infectious.

Given the town's lingering jumpiness, there was no organized objection.

He checked himself, chuckling a little at his own tired jumpiness, and turned again.

She felt the quick jumpiness in her stomach again and struggled to ignore it.

None of the dozen or so crewmen present seemed to have noticed his jumpiness.

The movie industry, and the movie audience along with it, began this year in a state of post-9/11 jumpiness.

Soon he began to realize that there was something sadly wrong with his eyes, also, a foggy jumpiness.

Teddy's jumpiness is understandable, given his war history and the recent death of his wife.

By the final episodes there is not much jumpiness, and viewers would likely have grown comfortable with what was left.

Several times I thought I saw something, but it was only jumpiness.

The jumpiness was in me now that presaged danger.

The jumpiness is new to the former Canal Zone, as are casualties of any sort.

At least his jumpiness had gotten her into a sitting position, which a few minutes before she had doubted she'd ever achieve again.

He had none of Penn's bravado but there was that same jumpiness in the eyes.

He found in New York's "pace, nerviness and jumpiness" material for a play.

It deals with people traveling, removed from their habitual patterns and subject to emotional jumpiness.

It was an indication of his cool nerve that he showed no sign of jumpiness and felt very little.

With the political dilemma lingering and food shop lines lengthening, the public jumpiness is palpable at times.

Another possible sign of stress is jumpiness or nervousness and poor concentration, which may affect schoolwork.

Instead of reflecting that, the film-to-video jumpiness works against the reality of their characters.

Mr. Baugh said he was shocked by the stock's jumpiness.

Was her jumpiness merely fatigue and stress?