nervous

Example Sentences

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"I was very nervous," the soft-spoken 27-year-old told AFP on Tuesday just hours after his elaborate hand-made dresses were finally released, meaning he could begin fitting the models.

From Barron's

An employee of a large software company told me she was nervous to ask her manager for a public shout-out recently.

From The Wall Street Journal

That makes some of America's Gulf allies nervous.

From BBC

My eyelid starts twitching, which it does sometimes when I get nervous.

From Literature

What about the ecosystem or nervous system of Los Angeles is baiting jazz music out from its malleable shadow into a renewed prominence and even granting it rank in the clout economy?

From Los Angeles Times