nail-biting
Example Sentences
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It's tense at the top and nail-biting at the bottom.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
But underneath all the nail-biting is a solid foundation—Arsenal hasn’t climbed to the top of the league by accident.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Scotland coach Gregor Townsend breathed a sigh of relief after his side's nail-biting 26-23 win over Wales on Saturday kept them in the reckoning for the Six Nations championship.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
“We’re all in that nail-biting, last-minute phase of, ‘Are we going to get these rooms booked or not?’ ” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
“A medal-league table was set up every day in most newspapers, which showed the points every team had reached....For us youngsters, it was a nail-biting experience to the very last day. We had won!”
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
