Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
nerve-racking .
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- adjective Intensely
distressing orirritating to thenerves .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extremely irritating to the nerves
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Examples
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Recorded with a Go Pro camera mounted to his head, you hear what he calls the nerve-wracking beep of the Geiger counter checking his radiation exposure as he wound his way with work crews through the dark tunnels and rooms of the reactor.
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Mabius keeps a straight face at Posey's unpredictable, sometimes nerve-wracking performance.
Marshall Fine: Live from Sundance Film Festival: Wednesday, Jan. 25 Marshall Fine 2012
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What makes his arrest especially nerve-wracking for Murdoch, his pretty wife Wendi Deng who courageously didn't allow his multi-billionaire status preclude her falling in love with a married man 38 years her senior and their News Corp. cronies is the fact that shortly after the activities that Desborough was arrested for took place in England, Desborough moved to Los Angeles to become US Editor for that same Murdoch newspaper.
Martin Lewis: Murdoch Scandal: New Arrest Heralds US Peril for Murdoch Martin Lewis 2011
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What makes his arrest especially nerve-wracking for Murdoch, his pretty wife Wendi Deng who courageously didn't allow his multi-billionaire status preclude her falling in love with a married man 38 years her senior and their News Corp. cronies is the fact that shortly after the activities that Desborough was arrested for took place in England, Desborough moved to Los Angeles to become US Editor for that same Murdoch newspaper.
Martin Lewis: Murdoch Scandal: New Arrest Heralds US Peril for Murdoch Martin Lewis 2011
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What makes his arrest especially nerve-wracking for Murdoch, his pretty wife Wendi Deng who courageously didn't allow his multi-billionaire status preclude her falling in love with a married man 38 years her senior and their News Corp. cronies is the fact that shortly after the activities that Desborough was arrested for took place in England, Desborough moved to Los Angeles to become US Editor for that same Murdoch newspaper.
Martin Lewis: Murdoch Scandal: New Arrest Heralds US Peril for Murdoch Martin Lewis 2011
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Mabius keeps a straight face at Posey's unpredictable, sometimes nerve-wracking performance.
Marshall Fine: Live from Sundance Film Festival: Wednesday, Jan. 25 Marshall Fine 2012
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Playing in front of the crowd isn't the nerve-wracking bit, it doesn't really bother me how many people are there.
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It includes music and a light show beaming an image of one of Hungary's best known exports, the nerve-wracking Rubik's Cube puzzle.
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Mabius keeps a straight face at Posey's unpredictable, sometimes nerve-wracking performance.
Marshall Fine: Live from Sundance Film Festival: Wednesday, Jan. 25 Marshall Fine 2012
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Even on a bike, it was a bit nerve-wracking to keep tabs my kid on his bike amongst a sea of inexperienced (or careless) adult riders who would swerve without warning or checking over their shoulders in their blind spots.
Sunday Parkways: not really a pedestrian thing (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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