nerves

/ nɜːvz /

plural noun

1. the imagined source of emotional control

   my nerves won't stand it

2. anxiety, tension, or imbalance

   she's all nerves

3. bundle of nerves
   bundle of nerves a very nervous person
4. get on one's nerves
   get on one's nerves to irritate, annoy, or upset one

Example Sentences

And then there was the crippling nerves that it would not be good, especially given the recent spate of really bad TV biopics.

From The Daily Beast

Your brother smoked a joint before dinner to calm his fraying nerves.

From The Daily Beast

I was going to ask if you had nerves about opening on Broadway without a marquee name.

From The Daily Beast

It took a special, meticulous kind of person to accomplish the undertaking, someone with brains, patience, and nerves of steel.

From The Daily Beast

So I was more wrought with nerves about that than almost anything in that number.

From The Daily Beast

Every word that now fell from the agitated Empress was balm to the affrighted nerves of her daughter.

From Project Gutenberg

The effect was that of a bird of Paradise bringing balm to our overwrought nerves.

From Project Gutenberg

He had not taken his nerves into consideration for the simple reason that he had never known that he possessed any.

From Project Gutenberg

He said something laughingly to the head guide to the effect that climbing was good sport and a fine test for the nerves.

From Project Gutenberg

I am thankful that prolonged mourning is out of date; it made a fright of me and was getting on my nerves.

From Project Gutenberg