nervous tension
Example Sentences
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But in recent months his form has been compromised by a nervous tension which is particularly damaging to his serve.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
Lib, of course, has a different notion about Anna’s destiny, which is what triggers the nervous tension in the movie’s well-handled resolution of its gothic suspense and theme of moral responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
It doesn’t have much to say, but it says it with style and a mood of jangly, sustained nervous tension.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021
But nervous tension in early autumn is also part of the team’s identity.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2019
He was small, with wide, staring eyes and a way of raising and turning his head which suggested not so much caution as a kind of ceaseless, nervous tension.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
