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Bloomberg News Sales are rising, but companies remain skittish over demand. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer Spending Grates] Reference
Still, shoppers remain skittish about the economic recovery, leaving the retail industry uncertain about the upcoming holiday season. From Wordnik.com. [September retail sales inch up] Reference
Not knowing if they're going to play is only going to make them more skittish, which is really the last thing we need. From Wordnik.com. [Arseblog] Reference
Well, I am afraid that you have gotten a kind of skittish thing. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Phillips Russell, November 18, 1974. Interview B-0011-3. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
He said in Ohio he understands that people are "skittish" about it, but he said things are improving. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2004] Reference
The horse is "skittish" and playful in the morning, not so much so at night. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Mind] Reference
Wickert examined his mind hastily, and was fain to admit inwardly that he had wanted to ask him, but somehow felt "skittish" about it. From Wordnik.com. [Success A Novel] Reference
"I was kind of skittish about going below, 'fraid there might be some dead folks, but Hammond went. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod Stories] Reference
But, with an ascendant Iran, Israelis are skittish. From Wordnik.com. [Stand In] Reference
Sure, the faltering economy has made advertisers skittish. From Wordnik.com. [Facebook’s Roar Becomes a Meow] Reference
At the same time, the FBI is skittish about pushing too hard. From Wordnik.com. [The Feds' Quiet War] Reference
And that's why Republicans are so skittish about Ryan's plan. From Wordnik.com. [Hide and Seek] Reference
The lackluster economy has made potential buyers skittish. From Wordnik.com. [New Home Sales: June Was The Second-Weakest Month On Record] Reference
I know what you mean about off-brand stuff; I, too, am skittish. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
"I'm not a girl," she warns him, skittish of starting a friendship. From Wordnik.com. [The Horror Of It All] Reference
Don't have enough reasons to feel skittish about flying these days?. From Wordnik.com. [Airlines: Nose Dive] Reference
What other movie star has such a reticent, skittish presence on screen?. From Wordnik.com. [Shock To The System] Reference
The skittish Michael remarks that the word seafood gives him the creeps. From Wordnik.com. [This Time, The Bad Guy Finishes First] Reference
I know that some of your own skittish advisers have urged you to "loosen up.". From Wordnik.com. [Letter To Dick Cheney] Reference
What may make these companies skittish is the rules governing data encryption. From Wordnik.com. [Do-It-Yourself Censorship] Reference
Hu may not be as skittish about Taiwan these days as he has been in years past. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping China Quiet] Reference
Foreign investors, riding high after three boom years, turned suddenly skittish. From Wordnik.com. [Take Down] Reference
Health authorities are so intent on spotting signs that they're getting skittish. From Wordnik.com. [How To Halt Another Outbreak] Reference
And many consumers are skittish about storing critical files out in the digital cloud. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, Shrink-Wrap: Software For Rent] Reference
Republicans may be ascendant on Capitol Hill, but they've grown skittish about abortion. From Wordnik.com. [Aborted Revolution?] Reference
Pictures of North Korea are hard to come by. the country is very skittish about outsiders. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Side] Reference
Keeping it will anger Senate conservatives, already skittish over the assault-weapons ban. From Wordnik.com. [Not a Done Deal] Reference
If you're too skittish for open-PC surgery, ask the local computer store to install it for you. From Wordnik.com. [Silence Is Golden] Reference
Could it have been Shockey rather than the opposition defenses that was making Manning skittish?. From Wordnik.com. [Eli's Coming] Reference
But Moynihan's shot sent another tremor of concern through Gore's already skittish supporters in the party. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Gore] Reference
On top of that, the NFL is particularly skittish about gambling, which is at the heart of the dogfighting racket. From Wordnik.com. [A Long Fall From Grace] Reference
A skittish dip in a number of global markets last week signals that investors probably know all this at some gut level. From Wordnik.com. [Boom and Gloom] Reference
The ardent autodidact Johnny must woo the skittish, solitary Frankie for almost half the movie before she will even consent to a date. From Wordnik.com. [Love Over Easy, Hold The Mayo] Reference
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