nerve-racking

How To Use nerve-racking In A Sentence

• That was a difficult and nerve-racking situation.
• My wedding was the most nerve-racking thing I've ever experienced.
• Likewise, we've endured the ever-dreaded swimsuit competition and the nerve-racking interview segment, in which at least one contestant routinely flops.
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• The women and children spent a nerve-racking day outside waiting while fighting continued around them.
• So my first 10-minute speech was a very difficult and nerve-racking time.
• They will talk of prisons in Greece, of frightful justice systems, and of a nerve-racking ordeal which the enthusiast is never likely to forget.
• I had a nerve-racking test when I had to speak to a book club in Moncton, New Brunswick. Discussion: On Sex in Fiction
• With workers from both parties rushing to register as many voters as possible while there is still time, the race remains nerve-rackingly close, close enough that the votes controlled by Ezzie Thomas and the firefighters might just make the crucial difference. Archive 2004-09-01
• Substitute "tens of thousands" and the statement is perfectly, nerve-rackingly accurate. For a Lucky Few, Room at the Top