nerves

Example Sentences

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Spending plans and priorities could help calm their nerves.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

If anything, the recording sessions initially found the singer-songwriter at an all-time low, floored by nerves.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 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

As our conversation continued, my jittery nerves and the butterflies floated away.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas