nerves

/ nɜːvz /

plural noun

1. the imagined source of emotional control

   my nerves won't stand it

2. anxiety, tension, or imbalance

   she's all nerves

3. a very nervous person

4. to irritate, annoy, or upset one

Example Sentences

Multiple sclerosis is an "autoimmune" disease, which happens when the immune system attacks nerves in the brain and spinal cord by mistake.

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Mr. Robbins’s Boy is riddled with nerves as they make halting conversation.

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But those nerves quickly went away at the start of term, when ice creams and alpacas visited to welcome the children into a new school year.

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I disliked Anton’s comment about how Ali could have been “twice” her size, but chalked it up to nerves and adrenaline that I imagine would be coursing through him in that moment.

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In the end, it was a game of nerves.

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