nerve-racking
adjective
extremely irritating, annoying, or trying.
nerve-wracking
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a variation of
nerve-racking.
Example Sentences
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"It was more nerve-wracking than being in it," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"The latest attacks are very hard to bear, very nerve-wracking," the 22-year-old told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Doundoulakis’s nerve-wracking encounter with Nazi guards ends with something I pictured the young Clint Eastwood being made to say: “An older man might have thought, I’m lucky. Helias thought, I’m good.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Winning her latest role didn’t require Valerie to audition or endure nerve-wracking pitch meetings because the show was built for her.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Dawn approaches without anything happening—only the everlasting, nerve-wracking roll behind the enemy lines, trains, trains, lorries, lorries; but what are they concentrating?
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
