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  • Although it was a great relief to finally be heading home, it was extremely nerveracking.

    Biliary Atresia — Chris's Story 2010

  • Honestly as serious and nerveracking as this election was I would appreciate a 5: 1 ratio of funny stories to serious stuff.

    Dispatches from Chicago - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • I only got a brief taste of the game, partly because of the ax-wielding villain pictured above, but it was rather nerveracking.

    'Resident Evil': Still scary 2008

  • But it will stop another day like today being quite so nerveracking - she insisted on playing outside, which meant I spent the whole time worried about sunburn.

    Children's TV ailbhe 2006

  • For those of us who were raised to always pull our own weight, that can be nerveracking.

    THE SURRENDERED SINGLE ALSO BY LAURA DOYLE 2002

  • Yes, when you're saying those words, I promise to be with you the rest of my life, that's a little nerveracking.

    CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2002 2002

  • It would just make night herding more nerveracking, even if the ghost in question was one that might be friendly to him.

    Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985

  • It would just make night herding more nerveracking, even if the ghost in question was one that might be friendly to him.

    Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985

  • After a particularly nerveracking talk with the Ravinia PR lady, I walked into Albert's office and said that the atmosphere was a great deal worse than I, at least, had realised.

    Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

  • Driving to Haad Rin, therefore, I took it slowly, and at times it was quite nerveracking.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

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