twitchy

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It doesn't take a lot to make writers twitchy -- but this mode feeds that in spades.

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  • The possibility that it could be patrolled by night fighters made the Kampfflieger twitchy, and they took the obvious step: they kept well to one side of the beam. —  Luftwaffe Victorious
  • And he was getting twitchy-like, humming and singing to himself. —  The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  • It was all part of the softening-up process, of course, to get you jumpy, twitchy, wondering how much they knew. —  R. D. Wingfield - Frost at Christmas
  • First the recurrent problem with Tom my -- God only knew how that would turn out -- and now Josh was acting weird, twitchy, distant. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 01 - January 1997
  • The woman concerned is still a bit twitchy, you know? —  Common Murder—Val McDermid - Lindsay Gordon 02
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jittery ·  itchy ·  edgy ·  jumpy ·  nervy ·  cautionary ·  over-eager ·  high-strung ·  antsy ·  skittish ·  gut-deep ·  birdlike
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