nervous tension
Example Sentences
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Act Three offers a performance at a point when nervous tension, romantic fury and artistic demoralization bring the production to a nervous breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
What began as a moment's pause after a wicket became prolonged periods of nervous tension in a crowd that had arrived to party.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023
The hours of daylight are shrinking, and the nervous tension grows.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2020
“One, there’s an enormous amount of nervous tension involved — even when you’re playing just for yourself,” he told the Dallas Morning News in 1999.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2017
The hard work they had done, combined with the nervous tension, were beginning to tell upon the old gatehouse-keeper.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
