How To Use Nail-biting In A Sentence
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Lippman lets each character contribute a piece to the whole, which makes the story richer, and there's some nail-biting suspense.
No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman: Book summary
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The final quarter was a real nail-biting affair.
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As they advance through the playoffs, the basketball staff looks forward to a nail-biting final between the two teams.
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A sober, nonsensational account of Sheila’s murder, the mind-boggling series of events preceding it, and the nail-biting sequence of twists and turns in the investigation of the crime….
Without Pity
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Women screamed and jumped on chairs, men spilled their pints and babies dropped their rattles with each twist and turn of a nail-biting game.
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Reluctant to release Ajiaxi back to nature, ?the nail-biting zoologists?put Ajiaxi into a spacious cage where he lived a superior and sex-free life until Liana came to him.
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But for all the overblown peril, the attempt at a nail-biting climax is wholly unconvincing.
Times, Sunday Times
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Nail-biting in children, shaving in men and ill-fitting shoes in adults have all been blamed for making warts more likely.
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If his voice fails it could be a nail-biting finish.
The Sun
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Cameras follow nail-biting real-life rescues in this amazing new docusoap.
The Sun
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It was a close game, and from the early exchanges to the nail-biting finish, both teams gave everything they had - South Africa giving just that little bit more than their English counterparts to run out 36-0 trouncers.
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But actual nail-biting tension is something of a lost art among the newest members of Hollywood's hacks.
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Months of anxious waiting and nail-biting tension came to an end this week for more than 2000 local students who were anxiously awaiting the big occasion.
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A funny and moving look at class, friendship and finding your own voice that builds to a nail-biting climax.
Times, Sunday Times
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No jostling for the lead, no mid-race tension, no nail-biting finish.
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It also delves into Howard Carter's dramatic discovery of the golden treasures lying deep in the burial chamber of the Boy King Tutankhamun, and follows the nail-biting race to crack the code of ancient hieroglyphics.
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Reitzell, who drums with Air, warns me during my nail-biting wait that Shields tends to work all night and sleep all day and never answers his phone.
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Fresh from a nail-biting triumph with his economic stimulus package, Barack Obama will head to the American heartland tomorrow in an attempt to win public support for his massive rescue bill.
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But if they drop points, Leicester City or Derby County could triumph in a nail-biting finish.
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Those sensitive topics are not featured in the television series, which features nail-biting battle scenes and the stories of real people affected by terrorism - among them bereaved relatives and a young woman kidnapped and molested by insurgents.
Pakistan TV dramatizes fight against terrorism
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As with any other vice (drinking, drugs, nail-biting) over-indulgence has its consequences.
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The ending here was somewhat lacking, focusing more on Fleck's personal descent than resolving the nail-biting action that preceded it.
REVIEW: Voices From Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas
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The quarter and semi-finals will then be held in London and will culminate in the nail-biting national final.
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Then throw in a nail-biting final against a team from Switzerland, a country best known for making chocolate and cuckoo clocks, and the result is a moment of pure British sporting glory.
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You feel frustrated and anxious, which can induce a nail-biting frenzy that can escalate into a triple-chocolate-mud-cake-eating frenzy in a blink of an eye!
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The nail-biting wait for that waft of smoke has become compulsive viewing.
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The climax, with all its moments of high drama and nail-biting tension, is classic adventure story stuff.
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An engrossing, intricate story of an extraordinary journey undertaken by richly imaginative characters' -- Carousel '... wholly engaging and rushes along as a breathless and nail-biting pace ... a gripping read that should enthral both young and old fans' -- Buzz
Giveaway! "Incarceron" by Catherine Fisher
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The quarter and semi-finals will then be held in London and will culminate in the nail-biting national final.
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It was your first innings declaration while pushing for a victory that set up the nail-biting finish.
Times, Sunday Times
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Germany won the championship after a nail-biting final.
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If it is good old-fashioned, nail-biting, tension gripped, nerve jangling action you are looking for, then tune in to the weekly Championship episode.
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Leshan tested the theory of sleep-learning on a group of nail-biting boys attending summer camp.
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Dorking will have to endure a nail-biting final game of the season.
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They line up along a worn river bank in the towns near the launch pad on Cape Canaveral, waiting for days, then nail-biting hours, to see a group of people embark on a completely different kind of journey, this one powered by rockets that do zero to 17,000 mph in 8.5 minutes.
Alex Pasternack: Humanity's Greatest Spectacle
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Porter -- who Time described as a pert, brown-eyed, dark haired, nail-biting, chain-smoking, go-getter -- helped enfranchise American women to the investment world, teaching them core concepts and strategies so they need not ask for a man's help to take the reins of what Porter termed "pocketbook issues.
Pamela Yellen: When "Women and Financial Literacy" Was Still an Oxymoron, Sylvia Porter Came to the Rescue
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I very much enjoyed the first two books by Douglas Kennedy, which were nail-biting Grisham-esque thrillers set in that sort of Madison Avenue, big business world that seems so glossy from the outside.
March 2009
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‘It was clear to our operators at the works that fans dare not leave their seats as the final came to nail-biting climax,’ the spokesman added.
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Germany won the championship after a nail-biting final.
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And, of course, it means relinquishing power in due course - but going gently into that good night, rather than after some final, nail-biting showdown.
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The upshot is a scene of hilarious, nail-biting tension.
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Expect nail-biting action from this new documentary series in which daredevils risk their lives to carry out dangerous missions.
The Sun
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They had to endure almost constant second half pressure, wasting countless opportunities to ease the nail-biting tension and, quite frankly, inviting trouble.
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This thought was enough to turn Kat into a nervous, nail-biting wreck.
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But their elation turned to dejection as their opponents snatched victory from them in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out.
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Then there were moments of nail-biting thrills, from Kate's airport escape to Sayid's force-fed swim session.
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A nail-biting final ten minutes saw both tiring sides slugging it out in the middle of the pitch for supremacy.
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Winding roads, with nail-biting hairpin bends, offer views over steep wooded slopes and the jagged profile of the Alpi Apuane mountain range, where chestnut trees, olive groves and tall cypresses proliferate.
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The plot twists and turns on the way to a nail-biting finale.
The Sun
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The mixed triples final proved almost as nail-biting.
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We expect plenty of nail-biting tension but lots of good humour and grace under fire as well.
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The film has nail-biting stunts performed at such velocity you're pinned to the back of your chair just watching.
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First the public vote to save one of the three - then it is up to the rest of the students to choose between the remaining two in a nail-biting final vote.
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Wildlife series are defined by the impossible-to-get shot the same way that summer blockbusters are defined by a nail-biting car chase or an over-the-top explosion.
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The nail-biting contest between two previous winners and the supercomputer was dubbed by the press as the "ultimate man versus machine showdown".
To Be Gay In Indian Business
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A nail-biting finish, but finally won by Moira Creek at her first attempt and a complete stranger to Pooh culture.
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We celebrate seven weeks of nail-biting finishes and bravura performances that made the sporting summer of 2005 so glorious and so unforgettable
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After weeks of gruelling auditions and nail-biting tension, millions of fans tuned in on Saturday night as the final 10 boys and 10 girls were announced.
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Ellis swapped sprint victories with Dunn throughout the middle section of the race and beat her rival into second place in the ninth, closing the gap to two points to set up a nail-biting finish.
Josiah Ng’s gold-medal keirin ride prevents Aussie sweep at Commonwealth Games
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The plucky youngster, who is battling cancer of the spine, was delighted to be allowed home from hospital in time to watch the nail-biting final on television.
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Cherry says he realistically needs to know by the end of February if he will be ending the current season with another nail-biting cliffhanger or wrapping up his Wisteria Lane shenanigans for good.
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With professional advice, you can often dramatically lessen the amount of nail-biting and red ink you have to endure before the business takes hold.
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After a nail-biting ballot, in which Naoto Kan, the prime minister, and Mr Ozawa, his brooding challenger, sat just feet away from each other, eyes shut, meditating intensely, Mr Kan won handsomely.
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The play bounces from scheming romance to high-camp comedy, leaving the audience torn between giggling and nail-biting over this complicated love hexagon.