bundle of nerves
Example Sentences
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Keys, who upset Aryna Sabalenka in last year's final, admitted after her laboured first-round win that she was a bundle of nerves and "too timid".
From Barron's
They were a bundle of nerves stepping into the venue, he said, but other guests immediately put them at ease.
Madame Babushkinov was ill equipped to console the child, for she was a bundle of nerves herself and chattered nonstop.
From Literature
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Under the surface, though, they were a bundle of nerves.
From BBC
"I have just been a bundle of nerves for days, it is just complete relief."
From BBC
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