Sentences with phrase «bit skittish»

If Lassie is a bit skittish, taking time to create a bond of trust with a bit of kibble will do wonders.

When you bring your cat home for the first time, there's a good chance she'll be a bit skittish.

Heinz says he's a bit skittish and doesn't want to eat regular food — he prefers his own feces, which isn't unusual for mill dogs.

They're a bit on the small side and some cats are a bit skittish about using something with moving parts.

Tiger is still a bit skittish and need some time to warm up, so he needs someone patient and gentle like he is.

Loud and strange noises make him a bit skittish.

My puppy is a bit skittish.

Most likely as a result of his traumatic past he can be a bit skittish at first but he warms up nicely after he knows that he can trust you.

Unfortunately my previous family didn't give me a lot of exposure to regular everyday things so lots of things make me a bit skittish but lots of new experiences are making me a lot more brave now.

i have a small house cat with a sweet temperment, if a bit skittish and prone to bouts of energetic running around.

She can get a bit skittish around younger kids so we think a home with older (12 +) or no kids would be her best match.

While a bit skittish as she adjusted to her new home, Patches quickly lived up to her reputation.

If there is some cash on the balance sheet I'd even give a bit more, say 1 pound for every 2 pounds of cash in the kitty (I'm a bit skittish because I don't know what management has been doing with the cash generated in the past couple of years or whether they like big yachts).

To be honest, it would have take a heck of a lot for me to leave E * Trade for either of the individual companies, but mergers always make me a bit skittish, and now would not even consider a move there for at least a year or more.

It can be a bit skittish when driving over quick bumps in succession, but it corners competently.

We were a bit skittish and fearful.

There is a difference between being a bit skittish and using outright avoidance tactics.

From purchasing to preparing, Americans in general are a bit skittish when it comes to the whole fish.

Not exact matches

The wage pop [last Friday's 2.9 % growth in hourly wages] spooked the markets because investors, already skittish as valuations were a bit steep (though not as bad as people have been saying, given strong current and expected corporate earnings), envisioned this sequence: wage growth gooses price growth (i.e., inflation), which raises both market and Federal Reserve interest rates, which slows growth and shaves corporate profit margins.

Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield

But when a large part of the investor base is skittish and is always running to or from the latest bit / byte / bite of data — that leads to high correlations.

His Poodle friend was a bit more skittish.

A real feral street dog would not be purebred, they would be skinny, mangy, starving, with fly - bitten ears, flea infestations, scars from rough living, dusty and dirt covered, and a shy and skittish temperament that would never willingly approach a human.

Rats that are skittish or bite or often hard to tame down but the ones that come friendly can be like little puppies, running to their cage door to lap at their human's fingers.

This dryer is a little bit bulky and loud, which means that a skittish dog may be intimidated by it.

There is one positive thing I can say about this port: the frame rate is buttery smooth throughout, to the point where landing tricks and wrestling the sometimes skittish controls felt a bit easier while playing on my PC.

While industries including healthcare and finance have paved the way for implementing new technologies, the legal industry has been a bit more skittish, especially when it comes to cloud - based services.

Partly they like the characteristics of the industry, but partly I think they were a little skittish about the market and turned to us as a little bit of a hedge.