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
Act Three offers a performance at a point when nervous tension, romantic fury and artistic demoralization bring the production to a nervous breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025
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
The hours of daylight are shrinking, and the nervous tension grows.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2020
He then spent three weeks in bed, made miserable by constant aching in limbs, insomnia, nervous tension, and feelings of acute anxiety.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
