a bag/bundle of nerves
noun phrase
informal
: an extremely nervous person
He was a bundle of nerves before his speech.
Examples of a bag/bundle of nerves in a Sentence
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His persona gleams with sheen and shine, but he is often tightly coiled, a bundle of nerves underneath glistening skin.
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Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
Baumgartner is actually a bundle of nerves before attacking the course.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
Your spine protects your spinal cord, a bundle of nerves that transmit messages between your brain and pretty much every part of your body.
—Demetria Wambia, SELF, 17 Feb. 2022
Johnson had surgery to remove a new tumor from her neck in January, but doctors couldn’t get it all — it was wrapped around her jugular vein and a bundle of nerves.
—NBC News, 3 Mar. 2021
Even with the bountiful planning, Covid had turned him into a bundle of nerves.
—Sandra Upson, Wired, 18 Jan. 2021
The condition is related to the olfactory bulb, a bundle of nerves in the brain that process smell.
—Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 11 Jan. 2021
The sciatic nerve is a very large, thick nerve that comes out of a bundle of nerves in the lower back and goes all the way down the leg.
—Kelly O'Mara, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2014
That would be a bundle of nerves called the sinoatrial node.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
Baumgartner is actually a bundle of nerves before attacking the course.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
Your spine protects your spinal cord, a bundle of nerves that transmit messages between your brain and pretty much every part of your body.
—Demetria Wambia, SELF, 17 Feb. 2022
Johnson had surgery to remove a new tumor from her neck in January, but doctors couldn’t get it all — it was wrapped around her jugular vein and a bundle of nerves.
—NBC News, 3 Mar. 2021
Even with the bountiful planning, Covid had turned him into a bundle of nerves.
—Sandra Upson, Wired, 18 Jan. 2021
The condition is related to the olfactory bulb, a bundle of nerves in the brain that process smell.
—Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 11 Jan. 2021
The sciatic nerve is a very large, thick nerve that comes out of a bundle of nerves in the lower back and goes all the way down the leg.
—Kelly O'Mara, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2014
That would be a bundle of nerves called the sinoatrial node.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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