stage fright

Example Sentences

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“Things like stage fright, and nervousness about my body not cooperating, that I had never experienced before were there, and kind of dulled the performing experience for me.”

From Seattle Times

He wrote songs very slowly – and I do that too, and he had problems with stage fright at first too.

From Salon

Ex-Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand added: "Inter came out like a bunch of sprinters at the Olympics and AC Milan had stage fright."

From BBC

“So I promised myself at a very young age that I would move through this intense stage fright and keep trying to do this thing that I love.”

From Washington Post

She thinks the assumption that you need to be a professional dancer in order to be a choreographer is “very limiting and can be discouraging for a dancer who has stage fright.”

From Los Angeles Times