Sentence examples for nervous speed from inspiring English sources

The old women around him wrote with nervous speed, like students racing to finish an exam before the teacher tells them to put their pens down, and after a few minutes he began writing, too.

Leaving school at 16 without qualifications he began his working life as a filing clerk and early attempts at amateur performance were undermined, according to his own account, by a nervous speed in delivery which often made him unintelligible to the audience.

"White people get nervous and speed things up".

The chords begin at a steady pace but soon grow nervous and speed up.

Ephedra is an adrenaline-like stimulant, derived from plants, that excites the central nervous system, speeds metabolism and increases the rate at which a person burns calories.

It didn't matter that Jon was so nervous, he sped through the first book in a matter of minutes.

"We're all a little nervous about the speed.

It is similar to LSD, but also stimulates the nervous system like speed, at the same time creating a sense of well-being, euphoria and empathy.

There are positive correlations between drug abuse liability, intensity of intoxication and reported euphoria, with bioavailability of the substance in the central nervous system, and speed at which the maximum concentration in the brain is reached after ingestion.

It is knowing speech patterns like "Ah" and "O.K., O.K". or the way a nervous teenage girl speeds into high-pitched overdrive.

In the end, with admirable effort, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" picks up speed and flies, but never quite high enough.