stage fright
Example Sentences
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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
Robbie has spoken openly about suffering from stage fright in the past, experiencing terror before walking on stage.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 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
Anisimova was overcome by stage fright when she reached her first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon last month, losing 6-0 6-0 in only 57 minutes against Poland's Iga Swiatek.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
