nervier; nerviest
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Examples of nervy in a Sentence
a nervy performance in the play-offs
a nervy film director who's not afraid to take risks
The passengers were restless and nervy after the long flight.
Too much coffee makes me nervy.
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Despite the triumphant ending, Game 6 was yet another nervy contest for the Dodgers — who jumped to a quick 6-1 lead, flirted with disaster on several occasions, then finally pulled away down the stretch.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
This genuinely nervy jukebox musical (?) (!), very nearly a rebuke of the 2019 billion-dollar smash starring Joaquin Phoenix, feels like its own thing, considerably less derivative and more fully realized than the first one.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
At every turn, Schimberg unleashes a nervy fusillade of ideas: about the unequal distribution of physical beauty, the social privilege that such beauty commands, the challenge of trying to probe these inequities through art.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
Read: The subversive worldview of Slow Horses Power is a bleak force in this world, and it’s never been a bleaker one than in the fourth season, a propulsive, nervy trip into the nature of authority, heritage, and care.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
This genuinely nervy jukebox musical (?) (!), very nearly a rebuke of the 2019 billion-dollar smash starring Joaquin Phoenix, feels like its own thing, considerably less derivative and more fully realized than the first one.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
At every turn, Schimberg unleashes a nervy fusillade of ideas: about the unequal distribution of physical beauty, the social privilege that such beauty commands, the challenge of trying to probe these inequities through art.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
Read: The subversive worldview of Slow Horses Power is a bleak force in this world, and it’s never been a bleaker one than in the fourth season, a propulsive, nervy trip into the nature of authority, heritage, and care.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Nervy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nervy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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nervy
adjective
nervier; nerviest
1
a
: showing calm courage : fearless
b
: rudely bold
a nervy salesperson
2
nerviness
noun
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