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Recent Examples of nerve-racking What could be an exciting, life-changing experience can turn into a nerve-racking encounter that many people of color do not want to have again. Serena Billett, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2025 One of them is a nerve-racking, crosscutting game of misdirection and accumulating danger atop a balance beam. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 May 2025 What should have been an incredibly nerve-racking week for Liverpool and their fans is now simply just people being excited about watching the Premier League’s new champions play again. Andy Jones, New York Times, 11 May 2025 Fridays have become some of the most nerve-racking times for mass firings of civil servants since President Donald Trump took office on January 20 and established DOGE. Nathan Layne, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nerve-racking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve-racking
Adjective
  • Then there's the real world, which is entirely different, so in reality people have nothing to be nervous about.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 July 2025
  • The odds of a recession may be falling, but states appear to be betting that corporate leaders are still nervous.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • One client shared how a simple practice of pausing to name their emotion before responding in a tense board meeting helped de-escalate conflict and steer the conversation toward collaboration.
    Maureen Metcalf, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • Trump's trade deals with many countries—perhaps most notably China and the European Union—remain in tense negotiations, each one potentially affecting their manufacturing costs.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • My expectation is that the veteran who has been in the Octagon against some of the heaviest hitters in the UFC’s heavyweight division is going to be anxious to test the young man who only has 35 seconds of UFC fight time to his name.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • The choice of name was coincidental but Lee and Kirby were anxious to avoid any connection to radical politics.
    Ekow Eshun July 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Pico’s other headsets are not sold in North America and ByteDance and the Trump administration have an uneasy relationship at best.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 July 2025
  • The carpenters’ stance has created a split in the labor movement that makes lawmakers uneasy and sometimes spills into public view.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • Scientists have found a new way to cheat the system – which is both ingenious and disturbing.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • Pisciotta alleged that West’s disturbing behavior did not end after she was terminated at Yeezy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025

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