nerviness

• “When his fame arrived – appearances on The Brains Trust, a BBC documentary, the film of Lord of the Flies at the Cannes film festival with a party on a boat, of all things, and of course a sudden relaxation of the customary nerviness about money – we weren't surprised at all.”

  The Guardian: Our parents resented us

• “It's hard to tell with Brazil whether their lackadaisical nonchalance is nerviness, or that's just who they are.”

  The Huffington Post: David Henry Sterry: World Cup 2010: What We've Learned and What Must Be Done

• “Yet the occasional nerviness belies some steely self-belief.”

  The Guardian: Curtis Sittenfeld: 'American Wife is the opposite of satire'

• “And I don't even have time to talk about the nerviness of the song about drinking wine with Jesus as though the son of God was just an extra-fine good ol 'boy.”

  NPR: Miranda Lambert's Classic Country 'Revolution'

• “Things are fine, and so my nerviness activity is back to normal.”

  Chicago (Bulls), here I come!

• “Until then, however, we must assume that the old man still possesses his full wits and that his nerviness is not unjustified.”

  A Letter of Mary

• “      "It must be something expensive else," Girex said with lewd nerviness”

  The Saturn Game

• “All trace of his nerviness of a moment before had vanished, He had himself well in hand, Mr. Campion noticed approvingly.”

  Flowers for the Judge

• “That evening Louis went off to the township after three days 'restless nerviness on his part, and three nights' valiant love-making on hers.”

  Captivity

• “Swinton's taut nerviness - her Eva looks as if she's seen rougher times than Christ in a Flemish altarpiece - speaks volumes about a woman who's spent her life fleeing the company of lesser mortals.”

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