nerves
Example Sentences
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Her mother, Mygal, checks the news and eats a biscuit herself to calm her nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Arnold and his colleagues linked the problem to lower levels of a protein known as NaV1.4, which helps muscle fibers respond to signals from nerves.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
“And that changes the nerves or whatever bad mood or the rest of the week.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Perhaps the Downing Street nerves will have eased a bit.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The second airplane ride was quieter than the first, but Danny’s nerves felt like the time Freddy and Teddy cracked the TV in half and all the cables inside sparked and frayed.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
