as in nerve
shameless boldness
didn't appreciate her nerviness in asking my boyfriend on a date
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And yet Corfino tried to calm my nerves.
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The splint came off around day five, which was both exciting and nerve-wracking.
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For in the last years of her life she will be troubled by terrible digestion and chronic bowel problems set off by a bout of grave illness, diagnosed as typhoid fever and gall-bladder disease, in the autumn of 1860.
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This microscopic roundworm lays its eggs in root tissues, causing swellings or galls to develop on infected roots.
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Aerion Targaryen Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett), also known as Aerion Brightflame, is a volatile and cruel Targaryen prince infamous for his arrogance and violent behavior.
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Why does confidence read as passion for a white athlete, but as arrogance for a Black one?
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“Nerviness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerviness. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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