nervous
Definition:
1. Easily agitated.
2. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
3. Of or relating to the nervous system.
4. Excited in anticipation.
Use 'nervous' in a sentence:
- 1. The party has become deeply nervous about its prospects of winning the next election.
- 2. The number of nervous disorders was rising in the region.
- 3. The maid looked at him, a nervous smile on her face.
- 4. Strangely enough, I don't feel at all nervous.
- 5. She was so nervous, her insides were like jelly.
- 6. She became so nervous that she shook violently.
- 7. She flicked him a nervous glance.
- 8. He had been nervous about inviting us.
- 9. She was nervous and kept scanning the crowd for Paul.
- 10. She felt nervous and insecure.
- 11. My God, I've never seen you so nervous.
- 12. The horse may be nervous of cars.
- 13. I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.
- 14. Strangely enough , I don't feel at all nervous.
- 15. 'I'm very nervous,' she admitted reluctantly.
- 16. She flicked a nervous glance at him.
- 17. I was so nervous that I was bathed in perspiration.
- 18. I got very nervous about the exam, but in the event, I needn't have worried; it was really easy.
- 19. In the ordinary way, she's not a nervous person.
- 20. I got very nervous before my big scene.
- 21. He's so nervous he wouldn't say boo to a goose.
- 22. She was too nervous to speak and had to be prompted.
- 23. Like nail biting and other so-called "nervous habits," it can be a way to fight boredom, expend excess energy or relieve stress.
- 24. At our first meeting I was nervous.
- 25. She was nervous and started to gabble.
- 26. There was nervous tittering in the studio audience.
- 27. She was of a nervous disposition.
- 28. I was too nervous to eat.
- 29. It's difficult to look natural when you're feeling nervous.
- 30. Consumers are very nervous about the future.
- 31. She's nervous about something, in case you didn't notice.
- 32. She was nervous and edgy, still chain-smoking.
- 33. He's not the nervous type.
- 34. She was a thin, nervous girl.
- 35. As the evening wore on, she became more and more nervous.
- 36. As the great day approached, she grew more and more nervous.
- 37. You're bound to be nervous the first time.
- 38. Beneath his confident exterior, he was desperately nervous.
- 39. Outwardly she seemed confident but in reality she felt extremely nervous.
- 40. I get the giggles when I'm nervous.
- 41. She gave a nervous giggle.
- 42. I was so nervous I got the giggles.
- 43. She was in a state of nervous exhaustion.
- 44. I felt really nervous before the interview.