NERVOUS in a Sentence

Learn NERVOUS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
257 example sentences for NERVOUS, such as:
1. I was too nervous to eat.
2. I guess I'm just nervous, then.
3. I get very nervous before a big race.
4. The drug acts on the central nervous system.
5. Consumers are very nervous about the future.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of NERVOUS
nervous
 a.  easily agitated
 a.  excited in anticipation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I guess I'm just nervous, then.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  He was not sorry to assure himself of Jotham's neutralising presence at the supper table, for Zeena was always "nervous" after a journey.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
3  I'm so nervous with just Melly in the house at night, with so many strange men in town.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  But after all, she's never had a baby, and sometimes she makes me so nervous I could scream.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  Between her nervous apprehension over the thought that Melanie's time was approaching and her unconscious straining to hear the sound of the cannon, she could hardly eat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  She mighty tired and nervous like and scared fo this baby.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  Lots of the Atlanta people have already come back, because they got nervous about Macon.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
8  He cleared his throat raspingly, clawed at his whiskers and smiled his nervous timid smile.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
9  But he always was so nervous and fussy and old maidish.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  Moreover, he's nervous and timid and well meaning, and I don't know of any more damning qualities a man can have.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
11  "Don't tell me you didn't know I was to be your brother-in-law this spring," he said with nervous jocularity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
12  This was not the meek Frank she knew, the nervous beard clawer who she had learned could be bullied with such ease.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
13  She twisted about on the keg, becoming nervous and fidgety as Will still did not come.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
14  Well, that just about gave her the nervous fits after all the trouble she'd gone to.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
15  And their inner unease communicated itself to Scarlett, making her more nervous than before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  His wife would not be able to cope and might suffer a nervous breakdown.
2  The human brain is the centre of higher nervous activity.
3  You can tell how nervous she is by the way her fingers worry at the edge of the tablecloth.
4  I get very nervous before a big race.
5  The brain is a part of the nervous system of the human body.
6  The brain is the centre of the nervous system.
7  Messages from the brain are carried by the central nervous system.
8  I thought I would remain calm, but when I was confronted with/by the TV camera, I became very nervous.
9  The drug acts on the central nervous system.
10  She grew increasingly nervous as the date of the audition drew closer.
11  Parkinson's disease is a debilitating and incurable disease of the nervous system.
12  I was too nervous to eat.
13  The film is not suitable for people of a nervous disposition.
14  Consumers are very nervous about the future.
15  Its effects on the nervous system include weakness, paralysis, and tingling in the hands and feet.