ADJECTIVE
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extremely irritating to the nerves
the stressful days before a war
nerve-racking noise
a trying day at the office
How To Use nerve-wracking In A Sentence
- Speaking in public can be a nerve-wracking experience.
- The game ended up going to a penalty shootout, which was pretty nerve-wracking, and a little anticlimatic at the same time.
- Somewhat more creationist in approach is the Nerve-Wracking Ball: a bowling ball on a rope, dangling from a tall tree branch. 04.04
- Exams can be nerve-wracking, and controlling your stress levels around this time can be difficult.
- I'm not sure if it transcends its time, but its primal fear of co-option and absorption into "the Borg" of conventionality is nerve-wracking. Friday YouTube: The Ending of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- But he pushed me to make amends, and the whole thing was pretty nerve-wracking really, but it was a mostly cool night.
- The clink and chink of the glass was soothing and nerve-wracking all at once.
- And he admits his first show, in Shepherds Bush, London, where Naomi was in the audience, was nerve-wracking.
- Eye contact can be nerve-wracking in a presentation setting, but stay cool try to focus on each classmate one at a time.
- It's nerve-wracking and fraught with the potential for rejection and humiliation.