nervousness

Example Sentences

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Its latest quarterly economic outlook, published Wednesday, reported overall nervousness about the challenges facing the global economy — in particular, the hostilities in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Although those are only small dents in the huge gains the two companies have racked up in recent months, they are signs of some nervousness around AI hardware plays.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

In generalized anxiety disorder, for example, people may worry excessively about ordinary events and struggle to control nervousness or fear.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

You've got a cool, calm and controlled European captain in Luke Donald, while his US counterpart Keegan Bradley has a nervousness in his look.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

They hadn’t much to do or look at to occupy themselves, even though they very much wanted to be occupied to take their minds off their nervousness.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart