Sentences with phrase «skittish of»

Popenoe suggests «people who cohabit may be more skittish of commitment and more likely to call it quits when problems arise.»

While many cats grow up to be calmed - down, affectionate versions of their kitten selves, others can become skittish of strangers, and some are downright grumpy.

Reina is a little skittish of new situations and prefers to come up to people only once they have settled into a quiet sit position.

He's skittish of strangers, but warms up quick.

And now, both forms of credit (as well as commercial paper issuance) are declining because borrowers are saturated with debt and lenders are increasingly skittish of credit risk.

However, if Retail Sales comes out worse than expected, the dollar tends to sell - off as investors remain skittish of U.S. investments.

It is easy to see why the pursuit of science was a goal to be cherished and emphasized in this mix of motivations: there were many reasons to be skittish of the potential for conflict and colonialism, but little could be more noble than knowledge.

Though I'm still a little skittish of trying to ferment something, this recipe looks great!

Not exact matches

Investors are skittish toward Chinese companies amid all of the skepticism, and such firms are undoubtedly easy targets for short sellers.

By shifting the risks away from banks and to asset managers, Gross argues that the risk of herd behavior that causes a liquidity event in markets has been shifted away from the professional investing class and to a more amateur, less - informed, skittish class of investor: the public.

CEO David Lepejian (pictured in the magazine at Nasdaq the day of his IPO) spent 18 - hour days hyping his company's IPO to newly skittish moneyed types who were reluctant to add to their growing portfolios - cum - compost of incorporated carrion.

And so here we are again — on the brink of another disaster in the wake of plummeting oil prices, rampant OPEC production, and skittish investors.

We discussed fee comparison in a previous section, but the robo advisor falls on the lower to mid-range part of the spectrum, and the free management for the first $ 10,000 is a wonderful selling point to get skittish investors to dip their toes in the water.

Overcoming fear of failure can be done for even the most skittish business owner.

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.

Speaking of GOP lawmakers getting skittish about hastily pulling coverage away from 20 million Americans — there's a common thread to most of the Republican senators who have come out advocating a repeal process that's done in tandem with a replacement: almost all of them hail from states where Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion has had an outsize effect on reducing the uninsurance rate.

Lyndon and Peter Rive conceived SolarCity at the Burning Man arts festival in 2006, and it became one of the earliest U.S. companies to popularize solar leasing, giving skittish customers a virtually risk - free proposition.

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.

Investors are likely skittish because the prospect of increased inflation may force the Fed to raise interest rates faster than expected.

ICOs offer another option to founders who are skittish about handing control of their baby over to outsiders driven above all else by financial return.

The mere whiff of competition from the 800 - pound gorilla in eCommerce is enough to send skittish holders to the exits.

Marketers promoting an R - rated horror film, for instance, are far less skittish about the content accompanying their ad than the marketer of baby shampoo.

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.

These results suggest that rather than lowering the opportunity cost of having children, recessions create the economic uncertainty that makes those about to undertake breeding much more skittish and therefore more likely to postpone childbearing.

If your skittish about market volatility, hold greater percentages of bond funds and lesser amounts of stock funds.

Now, however, it seems investors are getting skittish, with the slightest hint of a change in pace sending many scurrying for the exit.

A short sales cycle might make some buyers skittish, especially if they're used to the sluggishly slow pace of non-software purchases.

But the lending markets for these firms have been shut off since September because the credit crisis made investors skittish about all kinds of loans.

While polls show a third of U.S. consumers are interested in buying self - driving cars, the rest are skittish because they're worried about losing control, said Thilo Koslowski, vice president and automotive practice leader at Gartner Inc..

Indeed, this mirrors other data, which have found Americans more skittish about spending in the early months of 2018 in the aftermath of more robust purchasing at year's end.

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?

I've had the pleasure of being removed from ministry before, many years ago and while it didn't affect my underwear it did make me skittish to get back in the saddle again.

They were too skittish and the bush too dense, and we settled for the pleasure of seeing a couple of small elephants drinking and bathing at a pan.

Seahawks general manager - coach Mike Holmgren, skittish about Jon Kitna, has worked out Todd Marinovich and Chris Miller, who have been out of the league for six and three years, respectively.

WEAKNESSES: Turnover prone in college and needs to better protect the football, specifically with his pocket movements (21 fumbles in his 24 starts)... elongated, wind - up release... chaotic lower body throwing mechanics, influencing his ball placement... too willing to deliver off - balance without setting his feet... bad habit of locking onto targets, leading defenders to the intended receiver... made too many high - risk throws in college, not locating lurking defensive backs... spotty offensive line play in 2017 caused him to play skittish and quicken his reads / movements, leading to mistakes... relatively inexperienced, playing only one full season at quarterback in high school and two years at USC... durable in college, but missed his junior season after a broken foot (Sept. 2013), requiring surgery.

The skittish chuckles, the umms and uhhs before questions about George Bush impressions and the voice immodulation sketch, were all by design, the brainchild of Darnold and Yogi Roth, a former college football player, Pac - 12 analyst and filmmaker who pitched Darnold the idea of a podcast that would stretch throughout his junior season at USC.

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

«I was in an area where you can see a lot of seals, but they can be skittish,» the 32 - year - old Melrose resident said.

(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.)

Five days after an unfurling umbrella spooked him into bolting across Central Park West with a buggy full of terrified Texans, Arthur the skittish carriage horse has «retired» to the country — where he's still kicking up a cloud of controversy.

Donors could be skittish about filling the campaign coffers of Democratic candidates.

Some congressional Republicans are skittish about the idea of Donald Trump at the head of their ticket this fall, but not first - term New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin.

But the conditions were not right: the PM was hurried by incessant Tory shouting, disturbed by interventions from the skittish Speaker John Bercow, and - worst of all - sounding deflated.

Despite this, Mr. Avella and the firm remain one of the most successful in the state, though lawmakers could be skittish about helping his clients in the upcoming legislative session.

Yet the later the hour grows for the bill's approval by the two governors, the more skittish its sponsors are growing about its chances of becoming law.

Adding to Flanagan's woes, the source said, is the fact that the city's real - estate industry, long a major contributor to the Senate GOP, has become skittish about contributing to the business - friendly lawmakers in the wake of revelations involving Glenwood Management, the powerful real - estate firm owned by Leonard Litwin, at the corruption trials of both Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan).

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.

Four months ahead of the Democratic primary, the field has swelled, a measure that has some Democratic officials skittish that the large pack will weaken the party's chances of taking back the seat they lost in 2014, splintering resources and harming the party in the process.