stage fright
Example Sentences
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Things came to a head on tour, where her stage fright went into overdrive and she suffered "just terrible, terrible anxiety".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In those interviews, he talked about battling stage fright, and the difficulties of balancing touring commitments with family life.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He comes over laughing, pulls up to me, looks at my monitor, gives me stage fright, then elbows me and says, “You sure you want to frame it like that?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Here, she discusses the jazz warm-up she’s used for decades, dealing with stage fright and loving the divas she plays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
I was still scared, but it was somehow comforting to think that maybe stage fright was a trait I’d inherited from Dad; I wasn’t just some foundling, after all.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
