stage fright
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The rapper and singer will.i.am has played hundreds of shows and sold millions of records, but his latest debut—as a professor of a college class about artificial intelligence—gave him stage fright.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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
Speaking with somebody that I’ve talked to many times helps ease the sort of stage fright there.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025
It seemed like she had a bad case of stage fright!
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
