Sentence examples for almost nervous from inspiring English sources

I'm almost nervous to say stuff.

It takes its name from an excellent solo album Ms. Hanna released in the late '90s, but veers widely away from that record's sound, which was urgent, almost nervous, and pared down.

Now 64, he appeared genuinely excited and initially almost nervous as he discussed "Tintin," which is likely to be followed by a historical drama about Abraham Lincoln and perhaps another fantasy, called "Robopocalypse".

Unlike the kind of violent trembling or jagged movements that characterize some such work and that can convey a tremendous sense of urgency, a feeling that something profound is at stake (as in "The Hurt Locker"), these tremulous visuals tend to suggest gentle, almost nervous concern.

Dorothy Hobson, a media lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, said she was almost nervous for the people taking part because "programme makers are always in control" in that sort of documentary.

Wolfson underscored several times that he's not taking anything for granted until June, seeming almost nervous that even talking about victory might jinx the outcome he's fighting for.

A group of almost nervous-looking Norwegians gather to greet the sun.

He seemed almost as nervous as she was.

(The laughter heard during "Big Bertha" and "Le Sacre du Printemps" is almost invariably nervous).

Inside the suck of the other guys' nostalgia, Louis became almost unbearably nervous.

Huge becomes 'yuge'; the worn catchphrase "millionaires and billionaires" almost a nervous tic.