nerves

Example Sentences

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Spending plans and priorities could help calm their nerves.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Brown fat relies on dense networks of nerves and blood vessels to do its job.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

“The Pit and the Pendulum,” the first half of the program, translates especially well to this setting, its dark sense of demented confinement keeping my nerves on high alert.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Five survived to the six-month end point of the trial and their grafts had functional muscle, nerves and blood vessels.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The sight of her made my already jumpy nerves practically sizzle, and I barely remembered to get my hand up in a formal salute.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin