white-knuckle
Americanadjective
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causing fear, apprehension, or panic.
The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
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experiencing fear, terror, or apprehension.
The white-knuckle crowd loved that director's newest horror movie.
adjective
Example Sentences
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So, in a new year, while we’re still holding onto resolutions with a white-knuckle grip, these are a few things that film culture should leave on the cutting room floor.
From Salon
If England's crushing defeat in the first Test was a white-knuckle helter-skelter, this opening day in Brisbane was a titanic struggle and not for the faint-hearted.
From BBC
“We view this as a short-lived white-knuckle moment for tech stocks,” Wedbush analysts, led by Dan Ives, said in a note Sunday, adding that they still expect the sector to rally as much as 10% more before year’s end.
From MarketWatch
Perched 8,750 feet up in a box canyon in the Colorado Rockies, it’s reachable only by twisting roads or a white-knuckle drop into one of the nation’s highest airports.
From Los Angeles Times
The nifty premise of “Relay,” a new white-knuckle ride from “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie, is that a certain type of tech-savvy hero can, if not completely ease your anxiety, at least navigate a secret truce with those out to get you.
From Los Angeles Times
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