white knuckle

Example Sentences

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If England's crushing defeat in the first Test was a white-knuckle helter-skelter, this opening day in Brisbane was a titanic struggle and not for the faint-hearted.

From BBC

“We view this as a short-lived white-knuckle moment for tech stocks,” Wedbush analysts, led by Dan Ives, said in a note Sunday, adding that they still expect the sector to rally as much as 10% more before year’s end.

From MarketWatch

Perched 8,750 feet up in a box canyon in the Colorado Rockies, it’s reachable only by twisting roads or a white-knuckle drop into one of the nation’s highest airports.

From Los Angeles Times

The nifty premise of “Relay,” a new white-knuckle ride from “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie, is that a certain type of tech-savvy hero can, if not completely ease your anxiety, at least navigate a secret truce with those out to get you.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a white-knuckle, high-wire business fit only for daredevils.

From BBC