nerve
noun
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
was nerving
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past progressiveof nerve.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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While I was nerving myself and stumbling over the threshold behind Kirgan with the lantern, I heard the boss's voice, and it wasn't the voice of any dead man, not by a long shot!
From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde
He suddenly saw that she must have sustained some blow; that her luster was a fevered glitter sad and terrible, and that she was nerving herself to some ordeal.
From Ewing\'s Lady by Harry Leon Wilson
It was now a week to the wedding-day, and Charlotte was nerving herself for an effort.
From How It All Came Round by L. T. Meade
Ellen never forgot; and sometimes when she seemed busiest and happiest, it was the thought of an absent and distant friend that was nerving her energies and giving colour to her cheeks.
From The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner
Then all was dark, and I was nerving myself for what I had to do.
From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by George Manville Fenn
