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nail-biting

ADJECTIVE
  1. (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense

How To Use nail-biting In A Sentence

  • The plot twists and turns on the way to a nail-biting finale. The Sun
  • Dorking will have to endure a nail-biting final game of the season.
  • They line up along a worn river bank in the towns near the launch pad on Cape Canaveral, waiting for days, then nail-biting hours, to see a group of people embark on a completely different kind of journey, this one powered by rockets that do zero to 17,000 mph in 8.5 minutes. Alex Pasternack: Humanity's Greatest Spectacle
  • Porter -- who Time described as a pert, brown-eyed, dark haired, nail-biting, chain-smoking, go-getter -- helped enfranchise American women to the investment world, teaching them core concepts and strategies so they need not ask for a man's help to take the reins of what Porter termed "pocketbook issues. Pamela Yellen: When "Women and Financial Literacy" Was Still an Oxymoron, Sylvia Porter Came to the Rescue
  • I very much enjoyed the first two books by Douglas Kennedy, which were nail-biting Grisham-esque thrillers set in that sort of Madison Avenue, big business world that seems so glossy from the outside. March 2009
  • β€˜It was clear to our operators at the works that fans dare not leave their seats as the final came to nail-biting climax,’ the spokesman added.
  • Germany won the championship after a nail-biting final.
  • And, of course, it means relinquishing power in due course - but going gently into that good night, rather than after some final, nail-biting showdown.
  • The upshot is a scene of hilarious, nail-biting tension.
  • Expect nail-biting action from this new documentary series in which daredevils risk their lives to carry out dangerous missions. The Sun
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