nerve

[nɜːrv]

Definition:
1. Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body.
2. The courage to carry on.
3. Impudent aggressiveness.
4. Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant.

Use 'nerve' in a sentence:

1. It took a lot of nerve to take the company to court.
2. He was tall and delicately shaped; strong in nerve and sinew, and most dextrous in arms.
3. The human hand is an extremely dense network of nerve endings.
4. A lot of students suffer from exam nerves.
5. Even after years as a singer, he still suffers from nerves before a performance.
6. We need to keep our nerve now.
7. Don't sit on your wallet, as that can irritate the sciatic nerve.
8. He took a few deep breaths to steady his nerves.
9. After the accident his nerves were shot to pieces.
10. It apparently does this by inhibiting the release of neurotransmitters, chemicals that carry nerve impulses from one neuron to the next.
11. The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.
12. He never got up enough nerve to meet me.
13. For all her experience, she was still prone to nerves.
14. I was going to have a go at parachuting but lost my nerve at the last minute.
15. Although qualitative variance among nerve energies was never rigidly disproved, the doctrine was generally abandoned in favor of the opposing view.
16. Perhaps it is early nerve development that makes some infant girls show more intelligence than infant boys.
17. I don't know how you have the nerve to show your face after what you said!
18. The new chemicals also cause nerve damage.
19. Research conducted at Stanford University shows a mental image fires the nerve system the same way as actually doing something.
20. Every nerve in her body was tense.
21. Since then, however, the percentage of workers at these plants who were newly diagnosed with nerve damage has not dropped significantly.
22. Of all the nerve!
23. My office is the nerve centre of the operation.
24. I took a pill to help settle my nerves.
25. The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve.
26. She was suddenly wide awake, her nerves jangling.
27. The researchers speculate that craft activities promote the development of nerve pathways in the brain that help to maintain cognitive health.
28. He kept his nerve to win the final set 6–4.
29. "They can help nerve cells handle information and put it into storage," says Dr. Bruce McEwen.
30. He kept his nerve to win the final set 6 – 4.
31. Everyone's nerves were on edge.
32. Nerve cells have limited ability to regenerate if destroyed.
33. Nerve cells, after all, do not have intelligence of their own.
34. He lost his nerve at the last minute.
35. Have some tea; it'll calm your nerves.
36. The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves.
37. You need strong nerves to ride a bike in London.
38. Some cells, like nerve cells, only divide seven to nine times in their total life.
39. You need a cool head and nerves of steel.
40. When you hit the nerve that is near your elbow, it really hurts or tingles.
41. The long, tubular membranes of nerve cells carry electrical impulses.
42. Subsequently developed methods of recording and analyzing nerve potentials failed to reveal any such qualitative diversity.
43. He nerved himself to ask her out.
44. He's got a nerve asking us for money!
45. You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.
46. Other links may involve changes in brain temperature and the release of neurotransmitters (substances that transmit nerve impulses.)
47. The pain was caused by a trapped nerve.
48. In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue.
49. Messages travel along the spine from the nerve endings to the brain.
50. The optic nerve is a part of the brain.
51. His constant moaning was beginning to jar on her nerves.