adjective
Other Word Forms
- twitchiness noun
Etymology
Origin of twitchy
Example Sentences
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Before the face-off drama, a twitchy, stone-faced Dubois glanced around at the stained-glass windows as the managers went toe-to-toe backing their men.
From BBC
In fact, that very evening, after a celebratory cup of tea, Major Puff took up his marching practice around the burrow while the hare looked on in quiet yet twitchy awe.
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Standing there without the dragon he looked—as his mother had said— ridiculously twitchy.
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But it made me twitchy not to be caught up on the current events of the day.
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And that my dad looks happier and less twitchy than normal.
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