Sentence examples for battling nerves from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Farah had said he would be battling his nerves but showed no signs of anxiety as he cruised into contention.

The incomparable Swiss turned his 11th Wimbledon final into a procession as tearful seventh seed Cilic, battling his nerves and a bloody blister, suffered a torrid afternoon.