How To Use Nervy In A Sentence
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His eyes have a certain amount of little-boy-lost about them and his slightly nervy, jumpy presence also helps him appear a lot younger than his 43 years.
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I wasn't jangly or nervy, hit a good putt, just a misread.
Times, Sunday Times
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They were nervy sorts, fidgety, who watched your hands as you used the mobile or hunted in your bag for something but would never catch your eye.
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Blue-chip stocks fell sharply yesterday, as nervy investors caught sight of more gloomy economic data on the US horizon.
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He carried his bat for 102 from 153 deliveries and provided the backbone of an innings which featured a nervy patch during which three of the upper order were dismissed for ducks.
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If another 10 minutes went by they might get a bit nervy.
The Sun
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I have gone from being very pressurised and tense and nervy to being more relaxed and far happier with how things are.
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There were some nervy moments and the Spanish press were hardly effusive in their praise.
Times, Sunday Times
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We had some nervy moments in the last 10 minutes when we were down to 10 men.
The Sun
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Why is it doctor that I am always so nervy, tense and ready to jump on anybody.
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What Ronnie is sure about is that he's not going to spend this glorious September Saturday afternoon on a trip to "nervy" Aunt Edna's house.
Ronnie's War by Bernard Ashley
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It's a nervy undertaking, but that's what local artist and Night of Artists festival organizer Phil Alain did in 1997.
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Jamie Bond and Natasha Oughtred's account of the lyrical second movement, however, is very fine indeed, with her nervy vulnerability perfectly counterpointed by his elegant line and cool, almost abstract, presence.
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Pointes of View
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A nervy opening and some heat-fuelled laxidasical moments in the second-half aside, there was never any real danger of the City leaving bathed in sun Church Road red-faced.
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John liked him because he was a nervy guy and would go out and shoot anybody who John wanted him to shoot.
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the nervy feats of mountaineers
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It should not have been such a nervy finish for Saracens.
Times, Sunday Times
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Krugman caught my notice for being one guy with a really nervy suggestion on how Japan could get out of its deflationary spiral.
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The effort of getting ready to perform - her projector a substitute for a musical instrument - leaves her too nervy to talk about the process.
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Joiner limited the damage by charging down the conversion bid by Bai, who had earlier marked his nervy debut by completely miscuing a penalty from 30 metres out.
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David Toms produced a stunning back nine to edge out a nervy Sergio Garcia in a titanic tussle in the singles.
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When she is not at her desk, nervy Virginia is being beastly to the staff, ordering her mutinous cook to make a train journey all the way from Richmond to the centre of town to get some sugar-ginger for lunch.
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There were some nervy moments and the Spanish press were hardly effusive in their praise.
Times, Sunday Times
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We see him notebook in hand, endowed only with a nervy, unapplied curiosity.
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He realised how nervy and anxious I was and helped me a lot.
The Sun
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Say, boss, "-- and Sundown leaned toward Corliss confidentially and lowered his voice, --" I ain't what you'd call a nervy man, but say, I got somethin 'jest as good.
Sundown Slim
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From there she found nervy roles and they found her: an explosive pro boxer in "Fighting Words," a stuttering, seizure prone South Londoner in Sarah Kane's "Blasted," and a stammering aphasic in Sam Shepherd's "A Lie of the Mind.
Meeting Her Match
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This game has assumed a completely different character now - it's nervy, gritty and tense.
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With some legitimacy you could call the nervy Texans in ...
Post-gazette.com - News
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Hampton had to survive a nervy six minutes of added time (presumably for time wasting, substitutions etc) before being able to celebrate an Easter cup final appearance.
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We had some nervy moments in the last 10 minutes when we were down to 10 men.
The Sun
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If you don't know about Alsatian wines, I can assure you that they are perfect spring-into-summer picks with vibrant acidity and a kind of nervy, racy quality that keeps the wine lively and bright down to the last drop.
Archive 2009-04-01
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Makmot increased Merstham's lead shortly after the break, but a late goal by Wallingford's Henry ensured a nervy finish for the visitors, who eventually held on to seal the points.
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‘It was a very nervy match, which is remarkable this early in the season,’ he said.
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It added nervy investors were quick to exact revenge with shares in the company making the warning falling by an average of 24% in the first day.
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When they scored it was a bit nervy but I think we deserved the win.
The Sun
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We had control, but then became a little bit nervy.
Times, Sunday Times
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He is a nervy, jumpy sort of a chap, who follows people with his eyes as they move about a room, and he is constantly twitching about, seeking approval and trying to be everyone's mom.
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The United Nations chief is charming and charismatic, but his nervy doctrine for ending wars makes world leaders twitch.
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But caution is essential in this febrile, nervy atmosphere.
The Sun
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With the threat of relegation hanging over both teams, the early exchanges were nervy, but evenly-matched.
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Audiard has done a masterful job of creating a brash, nervy film that is poignant without ever being pretentious.
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This is guaranteed to become one of the go-to books when nervy parents need to broach this subject.
The Sun
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It should not have been such a nervy finish for Saracens.
Times, Sunday Times
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John liked him because he was a nervy guy and would go out and shoot anybody who John wanted him to shoot.
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This is guaranteed to become one of the go-to books when nervy parents need to broach this subject.
The Sun
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His companion was thin and nervy and carried a notebook.
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Strong aerially and physically but some nervy moments and poor decision-making.
Times, Sunday Times
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When she is not at her desk, nervy Virginia is being beastly to the staff, ordering her mutinous cook to make a train journey all the way from Richmond to the centre of town to get some sugar-ginger for lunch.
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It's surreal, and with a little more tweaking, it could even have been nervy and discomfiting, but it's too detached from the ‘Ring’ mythology to be effective in this film.
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There were some nervy moments and the Spanish press were hardly effusive in their praise.
Times, Sunday Times
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If another 10 minutes went by they might get a bit nervy.
The Sun
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Southend were forced to defend in numbers as the closing minutes ticked away, and while they had to endure some nervy moments, they held on to gain a narrow win.
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When they got a goal back, it was always going to be a bit nervy.
The Sun
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He's still drainpipe thin, official rock legend dimensions, although his nervy stare is now crowned by a raffish swoop of snowy grey where a slick black executive crewcut once sat.
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It takes a certain kind of nervy woman to pull that look off, however.
2006 October : Scrubbles.net
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After a nervy start, the home side opened the scoring on 12 minutes and Carl McCoy's left wing cross found Glyn Barker unmarked in the box and he made no mistake from 10 yards as he volleyed past Matthew Conkie.
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They may well still get it, but it looks like they will have to endure the usual nervy few weeks, waiting for that big final spending spree, which inevitably comes as late as possible.
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Alan was irritable, and very evidently in a nervy state.
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It was a bit nervy today.
Times, Sunday Times
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We had control, but then became a little bit nervy.
Times, Sunday Times
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I get clingy and nervy sometimes and he understands and knows how to help me.
The Sun
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The dashboard's fluorescence cast a ghostly apparition on the windscreen, losing me a heartbeat till I realized it was my own nervy face.
THE TARTAN RINGERS
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The story is a little underpowered but the two central performances are persuasive and empathetic and the nervy electronics of the score works uncommonly well.
Times, Sunday Times
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See the confidence with which those nervy clusters of lines, the principal decorative motifs, and the bold composition cleave not merely to each other with such effortless felicity, but to the defining shape of the finished vessel — a ewer, for domestic use, less than five and half inches tall.
Archive 2009-08-01
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When they scored it was a bit nervy but I think we deserved the win.
The Sun
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Six nervy minutes were played with neither club willing to go for the jugular until Harnett made sure two fine Eoin Foley blocks were in vain, adding two quick points to capture the title.
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But overall the Footsie has had a nervy week - mainly on the back of poor US sentiment - and the index has fallen a net 126 points.
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In Winnipeg director Sean Garrity's nervy followup to his first film Inertia, an insomniac psychotherapist becomes as unbalanced as his trio of patients.
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He allowed the Brazilian to turn too easily and looked nervy from the moment his opponent scored in the second minute.
The Sun
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Surprisingly only finished second to Switzerland, before beating Wales 1-0 on aggregate in a nervy play-off.
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So, come the denouement, their table was very bibulous and merry while everyone else was in a state of nervy misery.
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It was with difficulty that Mrs. Harold controlled her risibles, so utterly absurd rather than pathetic was the whole situation, for not one atom of real grief for Joshua lay in poor, shallow Minervy's heart.
Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home
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With his geeky look and diffident, nervy demeanour, he is best known for dark roles.
Times, Sunday Times
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Blue-chip shares were left teetering at the 4000 mark yesterday as nervy investors continued to fret over the global economy.
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I get clingy and nervy sometimes and he understands and knows how to help me.
The Sun
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Result, everyone is left feeling anxious, nervy and vaguely irritated.
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Edwin Bentham was a boy, thrust by mischance into a man's body, -- a boy who could complacently pluck a butterfly, wing from wing, or cower in abject terror before a lean, nervy fellow, not half his size.
THE PRIESTLY PREROGATIVE
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Macy brilliantly shows Teach to be a nervy outsider who desperately wants to be part of the game.
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We didn't play well, there's no doubt about that, so naturally, when you're not playing well, you don't want a nervy finish.
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It was a bit nervy today.
Times, Sunday Times
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This is the cutting edge and it is nervy but this is why we are all in the game.
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We see him notebook in hand, endowed only with a nervy, unapplied curiosity.
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I'm always nervy before an exam.
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a nervy thing to say
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He admits he was nervy and insecure on set without the reassuring laughs of a theatre crowd or panel show audience.
The Sun
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‘Red makes adults nervy, edgy, even aggressive,’ said Gimbel.
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On Wasp Star, XTC come back to their nervy, new-wavish geek-boy rock, producing a startlingly fresh album for guys that have been doing this for over 20 years.
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‘There was no way they were going to beat us,’ an elated Wes Bateman said later when asked if the Irish got a little nervy towards the end.
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I don't have a television (and have never been a big fan anyway - it makes me nervy and uncomfortable) or net access at home, but I find the radio an excellent companion.
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John liked him because he was a nervy guy and would go out and shoot anybody who John wanted him to shoot.
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French horn, mellotron and fuzzed electric bass provide a shifting, nervy backdrop for Rypdal's extended guitar workouts, marrying dense, dark textural exploration with vibrant improvisational flair.
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But then we got a bit nervy and sat back and that's something that we're going to have to address again in training.
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I imagine you got some sympathy and a shoulder shrug from the officials, not that they were dismissing you but its pretty nervy to go complain about noise.
Sound ordinance in ajijic?
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He realised how nervy and anxious I was and helped me a lot.
The Sun
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We see him notebook in hand, endowed only with a nervy, unapplied curiosity.
Times, Sunday Times
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United were understandably nervy throughout this crucial match, and they looked to have blown their chances of all three points when David Bingham equalised Jim McIntyre's early counter.
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Well I guess you're glad we "nervy" Clinton supporters are finally backing down.
Clinton supporters scrap letter pressuring Obama
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Slight gains on Wall Street, and a smattering of bargain hunters, saw the index nudge ahead 9.2 points to 3490.0 by the close of another nervy day.
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Our fellows were nervy, edgy, and in the circumstances it may have been just as well that the Iranians strung eleven men behind the ball when Ireland had possession.
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The nervous and nervy man couldn't believe that life was treating him so badly.
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Most stand-up comedians have a nervy edge - it's no picnic, after all, standing alone on stage while people stare at you, demanding you make them laugh.
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It should have made for a tense and nervy finish but the goal provided the wake-up call as City switched back on the concentration button and defended resolutely thereafter.
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But investors in London were nervy from the off after computer games retailer Game issued a profits warning and sent a chill through the sector.
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This is guaranteed to become one of the go-to books when nervy parents need to broach this subject.
The Sun
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He allowed the Brazilian to turn too easily and looked nervy from the moment his opponent scored in the second minute.
The Sun
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But caution is essential in this febrile, nervy atmosphere.
The Sun
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While Kennedy was a nervy presence alongside Stanislav Varga, misplacing the odd pass across the back, and twice committing errors that could have been punished by McSwegan, Pearson was more impressive.
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It is going to be a tense, nervy, and, ultimately, unforgettable series.
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As they became ever more nervy when a clinching second failed to arrive, Celtic betrayed themselves as a team collectively running out of puff.
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We were a bit nervy after our recent results, but John Martin was unbelievable.
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When they got a goal back, it was always going to be a bit nervy.
The Sun
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In private, all these guys were quiet, nervy and insecure gay men living in an era when it was marginally safe to out oneself in the safe confines of the entertainment industry, but definitely not outside of that.
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Lucky Kunene is a carjacker-turned-property-racketeer who exploits poor black tenants in Jo'burg's shabby housing blocks, scheming rent-strikes and squat-takeovers against nervy white landlords.
Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
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After a nervy first minute in which Oxford nearly scored, Cambridge found their rhythm and, holding a solid line upfield, began to punish Oxford's forwards who were too slow to the breakdown.
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He is a nervy, jumpy sort of a chap, who follows people with his eyes as they move about a room.
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There were some nervy moments and the Spanish press were hardly effusive in their praise.
Times, Sunday Times
