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That was followed by a hold to love for American third seed Fritz, which set up a nervier finish than Draper would have hoped for.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

Outfitted in progressively more luscious frocks by Susan Hilferty, Feldstein makes a journey from nervy tyro to nervier pro.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2022

Military flashpoints or related energy price shocks and power blackouts in Europe and elsewhere could make for an even nervier year-end than usual.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2021

But it would take a sharper, nervier movie than “The Comedian,” whose promising setup and shambling rhythms are ultimately deflated by a soggy final punchline, to see that promise realized.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2016

"It would take a nervier gang than Arizona owns to try and rob this outfit," and Blake looked complacently around among the shadowy forms of the troopers flitting about the bivouac.

From A Wounded Name by King, Charles