Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
nerve . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
nerve .
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- noun an uneasy psychological state
- noun control of your emotions
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Examples
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From the spine, thirty-one pairs of nerves, called _spinal nerves_, pass to different parts of my body; some to the lungs, some to the heart, some to the stomach, some to the bones, and some to the muscles and skin.
Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City Sarah F. Buckelew
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But it was evident from the laboured performance by Carlo Ancelotti's side that the title nerves are beginning to take hold.
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But it was evident from the laboured performance by Carlo Ancelotti's side that the title nerves are beginning to take hold.
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But it was evident from the laboured performance by Carlo Ancelotti's side that the title nerves are beginning to take hold.
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But it was evident from the laboured performance by Carlo Ancelotti's side that the title nerves are beginning to take hold.
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But it was evident from the laboured performance by Carlo Ancelotti's side that the title nerves are beginning to take hold.
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But it was evident from the laboured performance by Carlo Ancelotti's side that the title nerves are beginning to take hold.
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Another thing that works my nerves is the assumption that there's only a single way to respond to a particular issue.
bluenefertiti nantahala 2009
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Whatever works to calm the nerves is a good thing in that case.
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"I expect, Mr. Harley, that you will be disposed to regard what I have to tell you rather as a symptom of what you call nerves than as evidence of any agency directed against me."
Bat Wing Sax Rohmer 1921
mollusque commented on the word nerves
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves,
everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves,
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves,
And this is how it goes . . .
March 1, 2009