Sentence examples for battle nerves from inspiring English sources

Before performing in the jam-packed auditorium, dogs and handlers battle nerves and putdowns behind tall blue curtains.

They are there when performers battle nerves before and melt down after their auditions and, in between, struggle to follow Baayork Lee as she teaches them the dance steps.

They have won a combined 12 majors, but their effortless precision failed to distract people's attention from the shots — shanked, sculled and a few dead, solid perfect — of Phelps, who was making his celebrity golf debut on the course where the best golfers in Europe and the United States will battle nerves and one another this weekend at the Ryder Cup.

So, perhaps predictably, both players battled nerves at different stretches.

Then Hudson, battling nerves and rejuvenated Yankee hopes in their raucous stadium, did the improbable.

Li said she battled nerves from the beginning of the match until the end.

Battling nerves, he got through to the final verse to find an approving Bowie supplying backing vocals.

Mr. Daunno, 25, described Buckley as "a superhero of mine," but said that he constantly battled nerves during the New York workshops as he sang well-known Buckley songs like "Grace" — which Romeo sings moments before he kills himself — in front of not only Buckley fans but also Buckley's mother.

Mo Farah admits he will be battling nerves as well as the greatest 10,000m runner of all time when he seeks to win Britain's first gold medal of the 2011 World Championships on Sunday.

This may merely be before-battle nerves -- however, now that we've seen Kylo Ren wave his hand around Dameron's face, could something be wrong with the roguishly handsome pilot? .

Yes, this could be a hard step to follow, battling nerves and excitement but try as best you can by going to bed early.