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Recent Examples of nerve-racking Even when he’s engulfed by neo-Nazi demonstrations, Talwar wants nothing more than to belong — a nerve-racking ethical tug-of-war that introduces a sense of danger. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025 Multiple new blazes have erupted in Southern California The Hughes, Sepulveda and Laguna fires are the latest blazes in a nerve-racking week as Southern California heads into a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Related Stories Every Mindy Kaling Production, Ranked ‘Severance’ Review: Episode 2 Coughs Up a Ghost — Spoilers The Attack The nerve-racking finale opens with Peter and everyone else converging on the U.N., which is being evacuated to assess a threat in the HVAC system. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025 Getting used to the bare-bones shoot took time, but the nerve-racking encounters started on day one. Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nerve-racking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerve-racking
Adjective
  • At times brutal and always volatile, the album functions as a sort of electro-shock therapy applied from the shoulders down, layering hard beats, ambient whorls, and nervous acid ticks to trigger a state of full-body rapture.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
  • At the same time, sellers might get nervous if deal activity slows down.
    James Nelson, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The power of HOAs over homeowners has been a tense conversation across North Carolina.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The guilty plea comes as the U.S. and Iran have recently engaged in indirect talks around Tehran’s nuclear program despite a long-standing tense relationship between the two nations.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • How to know when your dog is agitated Identifying an anxious or aggressive dog can be tricky, as negative and positive emotional indicators can often be confused.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The Fed chief said Wednesday the central bank can be patient while assessing data on inflation and employment, which are its dual mandates, while anxious consumers and businesses eye potentially prolonged economic instability.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, some attendees at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, started to feel uneasy.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But Sherrill remains uneasy about what could happen next.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Other times, Claude’s mental activity seems super disturbing and maybe even dangerous.
    Steven Levy, Wired News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Just as disturbing and bizarre, at least one juror originally didn’t want to convict Zeigler at all and didn’t vote to do so until after that same judge ordered the bailiff to give her a Valium.
    Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025

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