nervous Nellie

Example Sentences

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“Our entire staff is safe and although the restaurant sustained incredible damage the structure of the building is intact,” the ownership of Nervous Nellie’s, a seafood restaurant on the beach, said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

“Don’t be such a nervous Nellie. I simply told him that you had never been to a picture show and that with everyone arriving tomorrow you wouldn’t have a chance for a good long bit. And isn’t that simply a tragedy?”

From Literature

Finally, for a moment, the nervous Nellie replaced anxiety with happiness.

From Washington Post

One of the people least surprised to see Aldrich’s demeanor was his best friend from college, Utah State Coach Ryan Odom, who calls him “a nervous Nellie.”

From Washington Post

“I’m not a nervous Nellie,” she said, “but I need to take every precaution I can.”

From Washington Post