shattered nerves
Example Sentences
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The assault shattered nerves in Moscow and recalled memories of similar attacks that happened in the early years of Putin’s presidency.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2024
It’s fascinating, Chris, to hear that the population’s collective shattered nerves were so plainly reflected by the Billboard chart stats.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2020
Austen scholars have long known that her novels were prescribed reading for shell-shocked soldiers in British hospitals during World War I: They were found to be soothing to the patients’ shattered nerves.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2020
Kyle, whose career is on the skids, or her pilot husband, Teddy, whose breezy manner conceals shattered nerves?
From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2011
The stay at Leigh Hunt’s house came to an end in a way which speaks volumes for the shattered nerves, and consequent morbid susceptibility, of Keats.
From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael
