nerves

Example Sentences

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Brown fat relies on dense networks of nerves and blood vessels to do its job.

From Science Daily

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

“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

In damaged tissue, pain-sensing nerves often extend into areas where they do not typically belong, increasing discomfort.

From Science Daily