variants or nerve-wracking

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Recent Examples of nerve-racking And the prospect of shaving it off was nerve-racking for the actress ,who also had to do it on camera. Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 Attending the 2024 Emmy Awards would be a nerve-racking experience for any celebrity guest—but for co-host Dan Levy, the stakes were that much higher. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2024 None? Superman’s nerve-racking choice, a typical comic-book scenario, epitomizes the woozy and weighty mood of multiversal fiction. Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024 The film, penned by Reitman and Gil Kenan, chronicles the nerve-racking and chaotic 90 minutes that led up to that first show. Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nerve-racking 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve-racking
Adjective
  • Both Hancock and Quaid recall their first meeting about the script — especially how nervous the actor was.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025
  • These tips can help nervous flyers manage or overcome their fear of the skies.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Ravens and 49ers players were also confused and frustrated as officials scrambled to find answers in a tense moment.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Everything seems off to a solid start, but before long things get a bit tense when Zoe interrupts the group’s slam dunk competition to steal Grant away for a moment alone.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Related article More kids are anxious but fewer are getting the right help, study shows New fears and anxieties tend to develop and vary as children and adolescents grow and adapt to new environments, Silverman said.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The person in question has legal status and was feeling anxious about the Trump administration's hardline immigration agenda.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Seeing Riley gain so much notoriety and money made some people uneasy.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Turow doesn’t think of his characters as people, exactly, but keeps their continuing stories tucked inside his imagination and felt a little uneasy, leaving Rusty hanging like that.
    Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But even for Ye, his abrupt public embrace of antisemitism and counterintuitive right-wing political rhetoric, resulting in his bringing avowed white nationalist Nick Fuentes to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, has been disturbing.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
  • During the investigation, other facility staff showed deputies a disturbing video that was sent to them in a group chat from Rice.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2025

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