How to Use nervous energy in a Sentence

nervous energy

noun
Definition of nervous energynext
  • The goal lifted the cap off the building and released the nervous energy that had pent up.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There was just this nervous energy hanging in the air around them.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • But the Celtics have been better on the road than at home during these playoffs, and with a bad start, the crowd’s nervous energy will begin to seep in.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
  • Dutcher calls a timeout as there’s a nervous energy rippling through the KFC Yum!
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 24 Mar. 2023
  • April 20 – May 20 Your nervous energy might surge at any moment.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Taurus April 20 – May 20 Your nervous energy might surge at any moment.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Then two desperate friends, and later one of their mothers, show up wielding scads of nervous energy.
    — Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • But returning to the homestretch of the race along Boylston Street always brings back memories and nervous energy, even for those who weren’t injured.
    — Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Bones can provide a healthy and constructive outlet for them to channel their nervous energy.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2023
  • The mood amongst the team was a mix of cautious optimism, nervous energy and veteran perspective.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In the clip that made its way to social media, Bassett’s expectant nervous energy gives way to a soft sadness when Curtis’s name is announced.
    — Vulture, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The physical action of squeezing a stress ball can relieve tension and expel nervous energy.
    — Mary K. Tatum, Ms, Verywell Health, 5 July 2023
  • So, their veteran coach elected to alter his usual approach to help combat any nervous energy or tension that may crop up.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • As the group relaxes into a more natural register, shedding the nervous energy of the introductions, the camera zeroes in on Gia’s face.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Dano’s performance, abounding in nervous energy and revelling in puckish mannerisms, suggests a depth that’s absent from anything in the script.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Her book discusses the three most common nervous energy profiles and nine different ways to use your nervousness or anxiety to be productive.
    — Ashley Martens, womenshealthmag.com, 17 May 2023
  • Deploying an endearing brand of nervous energy, Sayet dons myriad accents and personae.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • His eyes, especially, reveal the character’s skittish, chronically nervous energy.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023

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