How to Use nervous energy in a Sentence

nervous energy

noun

• The goal lifted the cap off the building and released the nervous energy that had pent up.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
• There was just this nervous energy hanging in the air around them.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• But the Celtics have been better on the road than at home during these playoffs, and with a bad start, the crowd’s nervous energy will begin to seep in.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• Dutcher calls a timeout as there’s a nervous energy rippling through the KFC Yum!
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 24 Mar. 2023
• April 20 – May 20 Your nervous energy might surge at any moment.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024
• Taurus April 20 – May 20 Your nervous energy might surge at any moment.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2024
• Then two desperate friends, and later one of their mothers, show up wielding scads of nervous energy.
  — Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2023
• But returning to the homestretch of the race along Boylston Street always brings back memories and nervous energy, even for those who weren’t injured.
  — Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2023
• Bones can provide a healthy and constructive outlet for them to channel their nervous energy.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2023
• The mood amongst the team was a mix of cautious optimism, nervous energy and veteran perspective.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• In the clip that made its way to social media, Bassett’s expectant nervous energy gives way to a soft sadness when Curtis’s name is announced.
  — Vulture, 16 Mar. 2023
• The physical action of squeezing a stress ball can relieve tension and expel nervous energy.
  — Mary K. Tatum, Ms, Verywell Health, 5 July 2023
• So, their veteran coach elected to alter his usual approach to help combat any nervous energy or tension that may crop up.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
• As the group relaxes into a more natural register, shedding the nervous energy of the introductions, the camera zeroes in on Gia’s face.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
• Dano’s performance, abounding in nervous energy and revelling in puckish mannerisms, suggests a depth that’s absent from anything in the script.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
• Her book discusses the three most common nervous energy profiles and nine different ways to use your nervousness or anxiety to be productive.
  — Ashley Martens, womenshealthmag.com, 17 May 2023
• Strong performances by the three leads motor along on the characters’ nervous energy, apprehension or anger, and screen newcomer Xavier keeps you invested in Heraldo’s ordeal.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
• Deploying an endearing brand of nervous energy, Sayet dons myriad accents and personae.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• His eyes, especially, reveal the character’s skittish, chronically nervous energy.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024