nervous wreck
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Kris is also a bit of a nervous wreck, though the character is scripted with an unfortunate mix of pedestrian mumbliness and tin-eared therapeutic explication that Ms. Einbinder struggles to transcend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, the experts in Europe are still a nervous wreck.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
What I got from it was this very driven woman who is extremely capable, but sort of a nervous wreck.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
Even their dog was a nervous wreck with the constant rain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
There was now less than a week before the election on May 25, and I was a nervous wreck.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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