nerve-racking
Example Sentences
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That’s the nerve-racking thing to me about doing a movie next, is we won’t have that ability to have it evolve.
From Los Angeles Times
Many Americans’ most valuable asset is their home, and selling it can be nerve-racking.
“It’s been scary at times, it’s been nerve-racking at times. … I just figure I’m in the same boat everybody else is in.”
From Los Angeles Times
For 10 nerve-racking hours, Machado and two people helping her escape hit 10 military checkpoints, avoiding capture each time, before she reached the coast by midnight, said a person close to the operation.
Watching him use this technology was both thrilling and a little nerve-racking.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
