nervously

Example Sentences

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Nervously, Hill went to see his old coach at his modest office inside the Morgan Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025

Nervously tugging his fingers, Iqbal, a father from Bolton in his 50s, told me he was terrified and that his children had told him to not go outside.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

Nervously, I looked around as I gathered the courage to walk over to the card catalog.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023

Nervously, perhaps unconsciously, Alicent picks at her fingers and hands.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2022

Nervously, she told him about the dead Portuguese and the panga she thought he had given her, about the puff adder that had come from the ancestors, and about Long Teats.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer