white-knuckle
adjective
white-knuck·le
ˈ(h)wīt-ˈnə-kəl 
variants
or less commonly white-knuckled
: marked by, causing, or experiencing tense nervousness
a white-knuckle ride on a roller coaster
a white-knuckle passenger
white-knuckler
noun
plural white-knucklers
The 65-mile speedway connecting Vancouver and the mountain town of Whistler was a white-knuckler for decades.
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Christian DeBenedetti
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Then there are the white-knuckle car rides through the Pacific Northwest as an unstoppable cosmic maelstrom rips through its pristine wilderness.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Of course, that would’ve required a significant level of faith to hold onto Nvidia through some white-knuckle market downturns like the Great Financial Crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive rate-hiking campaign in over 40 years.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
Between the pandemic, inflation, rising government debts, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, China’s economic woes, and a white-knuckle U.S. election, many of their warnings have come to feel like realities.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
Netflix’s white-knuckle slasher-cum-survival thriller stars Yellowstone’s Kelsey Asbille as Iris, a grieving mother seeking alone time and Finn Wittrock as Richard, the serial killer who hunts her.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Of course, that would’ve required a significant level of faith to hold onto Nvidia through some white-knuckle market downturns like the Great Financial Crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive rate-hiking campaign in over 40 years.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2024
Between the pandemic, inflation, rising government debts, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, China’s economic woes, and a white-knuckle U.S. election, many of their warnings have come to feel like realities.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
Netflix’s white-knuckle slasher-cum-survival thriller stars Yellowstone’s Kelsey Asbille as Iris, a grieving mother seeking alone time and Finn Wittrock as Richard, the serial killer who hunts her.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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“White-knuckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-knuckle. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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