nerve
Example Sentences
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Yet that hasn't eased the nerves of a nation that Gates says is still "scarred" from the play-off defeats by Sweden and North Macedonia over the past decade.
From BBC
As a result, proteins are not properly degraded, which can lead to the death of nerve cells.
From Science Daily
“The Pit and the Pendulum,” the first half of the program, translates especially well to this setting, its dark sense of demented confinement keeping my nerves on high alert.
From Los Angeles Times
That turned out to be just a citywide case of nerves.
From Los Angeles Times
The case has touched a nerve in Germany.
From BBC
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