nervous tension
Example Sentences
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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
What began as a moment's pause after a wicket became prolonged periods of nervous tension in a crowd that had arrived to party.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2023
I’ve always liked Plath’s nervous tension; she’s essentially always writing about anxiety.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
“One, there’s an enormous amount of nervous tension involved — even when you’re playing just for yourself,” he told the Dallas Morning News in 1999.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2017
“But now I found myself gripping the controls with a nervous tension I hadn’t experienced since that first combat mission.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
