nervous wreck
Example Sentences
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“But if I think about it too much, I’d be a nervous wreck.”
From Los Angeles Times
"She was a nervous wreck. We didn't like him."
From BBC
Of course he was already a nervous wreck from being the shortest kid around, and you knew it wasn’t going to calm him down to have people holler, “Here, Fido!” or “Here, Spot!” at him.
From Literature
By this time Maxine was a nervous wreck, along with Donald and Lester and everybody else on Bus 6.
From Literature
Even as a passenger she can't relax, and says her anxiety makes her husband a "nervous wreck" when he is driving.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
