shattered nerves
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The potholed and dangerous roads of the Caucasus and Central Asia—Tajikistan’s Tunnel of Death lives up to its name—leave Mr. Barnes with aching buttocks and shattered nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The assault shattered nerves in Moscow and recalled memories of similar attacks that happened in the early years of Putin’s presidency.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
It’s fascinating, Chris, to hear that the population’s collective shattered nerves were so plainly reflected by the Billboard chart stats.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2020
Austen scholars have long known that her novels were prescribed reading for shell-shocked soldiers in British hospitals during World War I: They were found to be soothing to the patients’ shattered nerves.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
His handwriting in the three signatures to that paper conspicuously exhibits the uncertainty and lassitude of shattered nerves.
From Shakespeare's England by William Winter
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