shattered nerves
Example Sentences
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The assault shattered nerves in Moscow and recalled memories of similar attacks that happened in the early years of Putin’s presidency.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
It’s fascinating, Chris, to hear that the population’s collective shattered nerves were so plainly reflected by the Billboard chart stats.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2020
Austen scholars have long known that her novels were prescribed reading for shell-shocked soldiers in British hospitals during World War I: They were found to be soothing to the patients’ shattered nerves.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
Share prices have staged a comeback after G7 central bankers rode into the foreign exchange markets to sell the Japanese and soothe investors' shattered nerves.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2011
Private soldiers with shattered nerves wrote home hysterical narratives and criticisms which were published and commented upon, and treated as valuable evidence.
From The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by Filson Young
