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How to use nerve-racking in a sentence
It was Carmena, every nerve of her loyal nature on the alert to baffle this pursuer of Alessandro and Ramona.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONTo add point to this success, he knew that the victor of Montebello was straining every nerve to gain this very prize.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONI hadn't the nerve to stand there and tell her she'd never see her father again this side of the pearly gates.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRIt was a hair-raising problem, too, and called for every ounce of nerve and every particle of skill the boy possessed.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSThis time it was really Mr. Bills, and Mrs. Biggs went out to meet him, while Eloise felt every nerve quiver with dread.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMESThe killing of Sir Henry de Bohun in face of both armies speaks convincingly of muscle as well as of nerve.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONAlso the tender points of the fibres of the optic nerve would soon become blunted and the eye of course useless.
GOSPEL PHILOSOPHYJ. H. WARDLamb wondered whether Louis the Goon would get up the nerve to hit his boss for that raise today, as Ede had demanded.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSOne day Tilly told Grace a story that caused every nerve in his body to tingle, and he scarcely could keep from crying out.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNInstantly every nerve of Mark's body became alert, but to all appearances he was totally unsuspicious.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNWORDS RELATED TO NERVE-RACKING
- agitated
- anxious
- apprehensive
- beside oneself
- bundle of nerves
- choked
- clutched
- concerned
- edgy
- excited
- fidgety
- fluttery
- high-strung
- hung up
- hyper
- in a tizzy
- jittery
- jumpy
- keyed-up
- moved
- moving
- nerve-racking
- nervous
- nervous wreck
- on edge
- overanxious
- overwrought
- queasy
- restive
- restless
- shaky
- shot
- shot to pieces
- strained
- stressful
- strung-out
- uneasy
- unnerved
- unquiet
- up the wall
- uptight
- white knuckled
- wired
- worried
- worrying
- wound-up
- wreck
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.