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or nerve-wracking
as in nervous
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
the nerve-racking wait to learn the identities of the passengers who were killed in the plane crash
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Recent Examples of nerve-racking
Getting used to the bare-bones shoot took time, but the nerve-racking encounters started on day one.
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Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Cumming admits this is the most nerve-racking thing to film.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
This can be a nerve-racking experience.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
There were a lot of staff there on set from the global Calvin Klein team, which was also a little nerve-racking, but exciting.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for nerve-racking
Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Cumming admits this is the most nerve-racking thing to film.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
This can be a nerve-racking experience.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
There were a lot of staff there on set from the global Calvin Klein team, which was also a little nerve-racking, but exciting.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for nerve-racking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve-racking
Adjective
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The price of gold tends to move when markets get nervous – and so does the gold.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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It should also be noted that Demings is more than a little nervous right now about making any public promises about helping to finance a baseball stadium.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Denzel Washington confronts photographer in tense moment at Cannes Film Festival Watson did not scrimp in the glamour department for her 2013 Cannes debut either.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The posts tee up a potentially tense exchange between U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and his European counterpart later Friday morning.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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In the novel’s historical re-creation, is there an anxious note to Americans now losing themselves in accommodation?—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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An inaccurate diagnosis might lead to unnecessary or risky treatment, and a false positive can cause stress by requiring additional tests and anxious waits for results.—
Max Votek,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Today, hydrogen bombs have replaced atom bombs in most arsenals, creating a world of uneasy standoffs among nuclear foes.—
William J. Broad,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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With the rage virus still raging, a group of survivors, including a husband and wife played by Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, lives in uneasy isolation on a fortified island — until one of them crosses the causeway into whatever’s left of the mainland.—
Greg Braxton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Proponents have long invoked civil rights language to promote vouchers, a disturbing rhetorical choice given vouchers originated as a tool for southern white parents to avoid the Supreme Court's desegregation order in Brown v. Board of Education.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Actress Isabella Rossellini reflects on the film’s disturbing material and autobiographical elements while resisting reductive interpretations.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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“Nerve-racking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerve-racking. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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