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