nervy

Example Sentences

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Nervy Arsenal fans dreaming of a first title since 2003-04 may take some comfort from the history books.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

Alexandra Jacobs is a book critic and the author of “Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch.”

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

As “Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch” suggests, the grande dame of Broadway brought life to scores of characters for decades, but she was a complicated, often dramatic character herself.

From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2019

Q. Ex-Husband’s Nervy Request: My marriage broke up three years ago when I discovered my husband had been cheating on me and the woman he was seeing was pregnant.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2015

Nervy work loading up our stores and kits on to the G.S. wagon, but the enemy battery had returned to its favourite spot by the Cutting, and nothing further worried us.

From Servants of the Guns by Jeffery, Jeffery E.