nerves
Example Sentences
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Her mother, Mygal, checks the news and eats a biscuit herself to calm her nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Signals can travel between the gut and brain through immune activity, hormones, nerves, and chemical compounds produced by microbes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
“And that changes the nerves or whatever bad mood or the rest of the week.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The U.S. dollar was more or less flat as traders’ inflation nerves were eased by the Fed policy statement and oil’s slippage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But I had a job to do, and my nerves could take a hike.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
