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  • The ordeal of the police identity parade is as nerve-wracking for those who take part as the witnesses on the far side of the darkened glass screen.
  • I found the film's fractured chronology, grimy miserablism, and Cotillard's ferrety frenzy nerve-wracking, with no compensating grace notes to offset the squalor and syringes. Little Sparrow, Big Thirst: James Wolcott
  • Though Washington again overcame its problems and found a way to win, the process is becoming nerve-wracking, players said. Redskins top Packers, 16-13, on Graham Gano's field goal in overtime
  • ‘I went in for a camera test and that was the most nerve-wracking part of the entire shoot,’ she says.
  • Exams can be nerve-wracking, and controlling your stress levels around this time can be difficult.
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  • It was more nerve-wracking than taking a World Cup penalty.
  • The selection procedure for independent schools is, for parents and children alike, a nerve-wracking experience.
  • I found the film's fractured chronology, grimy miserablism, and Cotillard's ferrety frenzy nerve-wracking, with no compensating grace notes to offset the squalor and syringes. Little Sparrow, Big Thirst: James Wolcott
  • Going down the first few ‘cuestas’ was nerve-wracking because often we were much faster than any car or motorcycle.
  • We began with a cast and crew meet and greet, which is always a little nerve-wracking. Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  • While he was the first to perform it was nowhere near as nerve-wracking as the day one try-outs.
  • The organisers and planners spent nerve-wracking minutes as Perth went against all planning, going down stern first and initially listed alarmingly to port, before righting herself.
  • The fact only one team will be relegated at the end of the campaign doesn't make matters any less nerve-wracking for those in the danger zone.
  • This was a nerve-wracking ordeal for me as Tony's bungalow was one of the few on the mine where the windows were not netted in.
  • He won the 2002 air rifle world title in a nerve-wracking shoot off with Jie Li of China.
  • A nerve-wracking wait added to the mounting psychological pressure as we charted the progress of the sun over the Anglesey seascape.
  • Graduate Fashion Week is a nerve-wracking time for students and tutors staging 31 shows which attract over 40,000 visitors.
  • A nurse is facing a nerve-wracking few weeks waiting for the result of tests to find whether or not he has been injected with the HIV virus.
  • It's nerve-wracking and fraught with the potential for rejection and humiliation.
  • The game ended up going to a penalty shootout, which was pretty nerve-wracking, and a little anticlimatic at the same time.
  • Somewhat more creationist in approach is the Nerve-Wracking Ball: a bowling ball on a rope, dangling from a tall tree branch. 04.04
  • Exams can be nerve-wracking, and controlling your stress levels around this time can be difficult.
  • I'm not sure if it transcends its time, but its primal fear of co-option and absorption into "the Borg" of conventionality is nerve-wracking. Friday YouTube: The Ending of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • But he pushed me to make amends, and the whole thing was pretty nerve-wracking really, but it was a mostly cool night.
  • The clink and chink of the glass was soothing and nerve-wracking all at once.
  • And he admits his first show, in Shepherds Bush, London, where Naomi was in the audience, was nerve-wracking.
  • Eye contact can be nerve-wracking in a presentation setting, but stay cool try to focus on each classmate one at a time.
  • Speaking in public can be a nerve-wracking experience.
  • Flying is nerve-wracking at the best of times, and it only takes one stupid and irresponsible person to turn a holiday flight into an airborne nightmare.
  • The earliest drawings in the show were almost nerve-wracking to view, conveying the feeling of huge ideas having been forced onto a tiny stage.
  • This is obviously a distracting, nerve-wracking, uncomfortable experience for him.
  • Speaking in public can be a nerve-wracking experience.
  • Just getting up on the stage at first was really nerve-wracking.
  • The in-theater seizures, also known as photosensitive epilepsy, are thought to be a result of the bright flashing of red, black and white during the film's nerve-wracking scene. ABC News: Top Stories
  • But starting a casual conversation with a stranger -- especially when that stranger has the power to boost your career -- can be nerve-wracking for even the most outgoing people.

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