nerve-racking

Example Sentences

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In more ways than one, all this conversation must offset some of the inherently solitary, nerve-racking, artisanal aspects of the conservator’s task.

From New York Times

"It would be quite nerve-racking walking around. 400 men is quite a big number to think about."

From BBC

The drone dropped back to earth — a nerve-racking moment, as the explosive was already triggered to detonate.

From New York Times

They hid their professional identities through each of the four nerve-racking R.S.F. checkpoints they had to get through on the journey to Wad Madani, a refuge city southeast of Khartoum.

From New York Times

As nerve-racking as it was, once we started, the nerves went away and I became consumed with the work.

From Los Angeles Times