Sentence examples for nervously from inspiring English sources
The word 'nervously' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when describing someone who is feeling nervous or anxious about something, or when indicating that someone is behaving in a jittery or apprehensive way. For example: The young girl walked nervously into the examination room, her hands shaking as she gripped her pencil.
adverb
In a nervous manner; with nervosity; in a way that displays nervousness.
- He paced nervously as he waited for the important phone call.
When Rose hit a three-pointer shortly after to put Memphis up 57-49 with 4min 06sec remaining, I stood up, paced nervously toward the window and – for the first time all night – felt a genuine sense of relief.
"I'm not even sure I should be telling you this," he laughs nervously.
Comedians on television joked nervously about stupid people being as thick as a soldier without a car.
Seymour Pierce analyst Kevin Lapwood said: Despite the recent senior management departures and profits warnings among the peer group (Cape), which have been received nervously and adversely affected the share price, the Amec statement was in-line with expectations and underpins our 2012 estimates.
He knows I speak French but continues in English for a few more minutes, his eyes flickering nervously around the enclosed space of the corridor.
The men, dressed in irregular fatigues and with balaclavas pulled over their heads, fingered their Kalashnikovs nervously and jumped at every unusual sound.
Surveying his family's dusty patch of land near Kumasi, in the Ashanti province of Ghana, Modesto glances around nervously.
On Godard's first feature film, Breathless, he quietly photographed the director's initial meeting in a cafe with the American star Jean Seberg, who bit her nails nervously when she heard just how Godard intended to work.
I walked around the ground slowly (bumping into Phil Tufnell nervously pacing about with a fag on) as I tried to get the best angle to see the fabled fast arm.
Sitting under a young mango tree alongside the charred remains of her school, the headteacher looks around nervously.
Does Smith think Sunderland will beat the record on May 7? He laughs nervously and umms and ahhs for a few seconds before answering.
