nerve-racking
Example Sentences
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LOUIS-DREYFUS That was very nerve-racking because we had paparazzi issues that day.
From New York Times
In more ways than one, all this conversation must offset some of the inherently solitary, nerve-racking, artisanal aspects of the conservator’s task.
From New York Times
"It would be quite nerve-racking walking around. 400 men is quite a big number to think about."
From BBC
The drone dropped back to earth — a nerve-racking moment, as the explosive was already triggered to detonate.
From New York Times
They hid their professional identities through each of the four nerve-racking R.S.F. checkpoints they had to get through on the journey to Wad Madani, a refuge city southeast of Khartoum.
From New York Times
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