Sentence examples for nerves from inspiring English sources

The word "nerves" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to physical sensations of anxiety or nervousness, or more figuratively to refer to anxiety in a situation. For example, "My nerves were getting the best of me as I waited for my turn to give the speech."

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nerves

noun

Plural of nerve

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Rather, they concluded itch has its own separate and dedicated network of nerves.

In the ever-bitter battle of nerves that the heritage dispute has become, the meeting, for many, is already a coup.

So cubers have come up with various ways to calm their nerves.

Former Lib Dem MP Evan Harris told the Guardian that often overlooked were Kennedy's nerves of steel in the face of intense pressure, throughout his political career.

On the one hand, unionist and loyalist confidence in the British government has never been revived since 1985, while on the other, the constant shots across the bow from a highly confident Sinn Fein have shredded the nerves of those who turned up to protest about the flag being removed.

For Ballard, dissection enables psychological as well as physical forensics: "Sitting beside her, I pared back the skin of her shoulder, dividing the muscles and exposing the nerves of her brachial plexus, the strings that had once moved her arms as she caressed her husband, brushed her hair, cradled her child".

Whether it was through nerves or the heat, Tsonga was strangely timid in the early stages, unable or unwilling to cut loose in his usual swashbuckling style.

But, in the finals, his nerves betrayed him.

Out of nowhere, nerves crept in and, after two double faults gave Safarova one break back, another one handed her the other.

Juventus simply could not cope otherwise with the most devastating forward line on the planet and, on the balance of play, Barça should really have made it a more stress-free occasion before Neymar soothed any lingering nerves with his stoppage-time goal.

It's always difficult to handle nerves, everything, the game".

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