Sentences with phrase «skittish as»

I'm sure with all the help you're getting in Haiti that he won't be as skittish as the egrets when you finally meet.

The young cubs are especially skittish as they have never been hand reared so a human may cause them to become defensive.

Even though he was extremely skittish as a younger feline, after some time of loving care and attention, we were able to uncover the true courageous cat that he is!

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

The's game's targeting and camera system is about as skittish as the Howells» from Gilligan's Island would be at the Vibe Awards.

Markets will remain skittish as the May 12 deadline to rectify the deal approaches, ANZ Research said in note.

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.

Not exact matches

As Jeff Bezos's «everything store» expands into, well, everything, skittish investors are punishing companies caught in the crosshairs.

In a recent note to his clients, Mr. Jonas said investors were becoming skittish about Ford and saw General Motors and Fiat Chrysler as better bets, largely because of the uncertainty of how Mr. Hackett intends to fix the company.

The stock market opened way down, continuing last Friday's selloff, though it has climbed back since the open — implying the return of volatility — as skittish investors continue to fear the sequence I describe in this AM's WaPo: tight labor market, wage pressures, higher interest rates, inflation, lower profit margins.

More likely, she was just skittish about the fact that her husband, Joaquín Guzmán, is the C.E.O. of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, a man the Treasury Department recently described as the world's most powerful drug trafficker.

Risk managers in the financial services industry are skittish about what they perceive as a heightened chance for high - impact event hitting the global financial system hard and they're naming potential cyber attacks as one of the biggest drivers for that increased risk.

When investors get skittish, these high - flying stocks are the first to get crushed as we've already seen this year.

This may be another factor keeping some bigger consumer internet companies such as Airbnb and Pinterest, already skittish about going public, on the sidelines, as they worry about market reaction to their numbers and data - collection policies.

In a late - October statement, the Fed dropped prior references to the risks to US growth and inflation stemming from skittish financial markets and a sluggish global economy, and it singled out solid increases in the domestic US economy in areas such as spending and investment, along with further improvement in the housing market.

So traders may try to «catch the lows» if the S&P 500 drops to the 830 area again, but I would expect that subsequent failure into the 700's could send those same traders, as well as skittish investors, rushing to sell at any price.

When investors are very skittish, the market may behave like a very loose rubber band, generating little tension even as it moves significantly away from fair value.

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He seems to be, for instance, excited about deification as a theological concept in a way that I am not (and in a way that will make many evangelicals skittish).

If Christianity is skittish at best about familial nobility and not just dignity, as a pridefully creative project of life - defining meaning, is it not remarkable that the most venomous and blatant of the anti-Christian philosophers is so circumspect and muted on the matter?

The quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, has not become skittish and inconsistent as advertised.

(But don't make a big deal of every potty trip, as the glare of the spotlight could make your child nervous and skittish.)

(If your picky pipsqueak is skittish about the texture or taste of meat, these luscious layers will keep it undercover as you ease it into his diet.)

The most overrated member of the Shadow Cabinet must be Alan Duncan MP, who appears to veer between a wish to replace Boris as the Tory Party's resident skittish turn, and a wish to replace John Bercow MP as our resident, hand wringing useless wet.

A new study has exposed the common treeshrew, a small and skittish mammal that inhabits the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, as an ecogeographical rule breaker.

As we raced to finish before the weather deteriorated further, we encountered a bachelor herd of a dozen skittish elk at a distance of fifty yards.

Developing countries have resisted enshrining their programs into binding international law because most of these initiatives are rooted in national goals, such as controlling local pollution and increasing the value of forests, which makes them skittish about foreign commitment and monitoring.

Just past the town of Almere, as you round a right - hand bend, you will find a sight unseen in Europe for centuries, if not millennia: hundreds of red deer, plodding groups of long - horned wild cattle, and skittish herds of low - slung brown horses, all moving through the open landscape like something out of a cave painting.

If you like color but are skittish about embracing it (as am I to some degree), use scarves, toenail color, jewelry, accessories and maybe a shirt or sweater paired with otherwise neutrals.

It's only in the glimpses we get of Jack going about his skittish life that we start to understand him as a man: haunted by fear of unknown enemies, driven by precaution to paranoia, and possessed of a fastidious nature that's perfectly at home with tactile work like machining a weapon.

Garry Marshall's «Runaway Bride» (1999) stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as a woman who gets skittish at the altar and a newspaper columnist who finds true love with her.

Until a cathartically violent ending, Pearce only sporadically brings Moll's anxieties to a proper boil, as this is a film about sexual fear that's skittish about mining the drama enacted by the central couple between the figurative sheets.

Between the bombast and the excess, what I enjoy most is Bay's skittish, eager - to - please - abandoned - puppy sense of humor, exemplified best by the Transformers trilogy's scenes with Kevin Dunn and Julie White as Sam Witwicky's (Shia LaBeouf) TMI - prone parents.

When Palmer the Elder's chosen attorney (a skittish Dax Shepard) steps down to nerves (he vomits before the preliminary hearing), it's only natural that Palmer the Younger steps in as his attorney.

While the film is fierce and uncompromising, its visuals as stark as the church, its protagonist is skittish, unsure.

The acting is solid, and it's interesting to see some actors taking a risk, as Jason Lee plays a heavy and Kevin Pollak plays the skittish doorman.

Playing as Ori you begin the game with only the rudimentary skills of running and jumping but as you progress and skills accumulate, you begin to traverse the Nibel forest differently: You scuttle up a cliff face, flip off, Sein lets off a pulsating light explosion in the air sending a pus heavy poisonous blob in 10 different directions and you in 1 direction... backwards, you free fall down, dodge a lurid green rolling monster, launch yourself off the skittish rotating creature, shoot towards a lantern, catch an enemy projectile and propel yourself back up towards a platform (whatever you do remember to create a soul link and save).

There was something shockingly raw about DePalma's direction; the performances and the very presence of Sissy Spacek as the skittish title character and Piper Laurie as her smothering mother seemed almost animalistic in their purity.

Yet it is graying veterans Wilford Brimley and Debbie Reynolds who grab the spotlight in their comical turn as Brackett's skittish but well - intentioned parents.

In Sheridan Morley's biography of James Mason, practically all of his co-stars described him as a quietly unhappy man, restless, ill at ease, indecisive, a skittish pacifist, and a classic loner.

And nobody in the education sector there wants to be seen as elitist (although business leaders are less skittish).

No doubt the GLA45 is a riot in Race mode, foot to the floor, the turbocharged engine riding a torrent of jowl - rippling boost, as the seven - speed dual - clutch runs through its shortened gear ratios with the zeal of a skittish squirrel climbing a tree.

I think of it as an affordable cruiser — I'll reserve the «gran tourer» moniker for Aston Martin and Bentley — because it's quiet when you're not nailing the throttle, the ride is comfortable and doesn't get skittish over bumps and potholes, and the Accord Coupe is attractive — definitely not muscular, but it's understated and smart - looking.

The Peugeot's chassis isn't as composed as some rivals, crashing over bumps and feeling skittish over broken surfaces.

The category as a whole has gotten less skittish and less buzzy in recent years, but the new Sonic ups the ante considerably and drives like a bigger, pricier car than any of its competitors.

As a whole, the offerings in this category have become less skittish and less buzzy in recent years, but Chevrolet's Sonic for 2013 drives like a bigger, pricier car than any of its competitors.

And it may make people skittish about in - app purchases as well, unless the problem is swiftly and firmly resolved.

But I'm skittish about Mediatek - powered devices, as previous Mediatek tablets like the Asus Memopad HD 7 have had poor gaming performance overall.

Although recently rising prices for stocks, high - yield bonds, commodities and other riskier assets would suggest otherwise, investors remain skittish over the still unresolved and quite concerning risks facing financial markets, such as the U.S. presidential election, the potentially prolonged post-Brexit renegotiations, Italian bank solvency and a slowing China.

After the housing market collapse and subsequent foreclosure crisis, lenders are still skittish and unwilling to take on what they may see as unnecessary risk.