Nervous

Examples

• It furnishes profitable amusement to the young, and satisfactory aid to the nervous and paralytic. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And we have nothing more dramatic, nervous, natural! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Dates make ladies nervous and stories dry. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Honorius was succeeded by Gregory IX (1227), who evidently came to the papal throne with a nervous resolution to master this perplexing young man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No, papa, I'm not nervous, said Eva, controlling herself, suddenly, with a strength of resolution singular in such a child. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Chokings and nervous jerkings, however, are nothing new to me when I think with anxiety of those I love. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• You are horribly nervous; you have your own troubles. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• A nervous fever was the consequence; during which he was nursed by the daughter of a poor cottager, under whose roof he lodged. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Therefore, to use the expressive, if not elegant, language of a schoolgirl, He was as nervous as a witch and as cross as a bear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The least sound of kindness to one already so very low and nervous is enough to affect one. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It is my belief that she died of pure fear and nervous shock, though what it was that frightened her I cannot imagine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is only a nervous cough. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The extra work which is thrown upon the nervous system through seeing, reading, writing, and sewing with defective eyes is recognized by all physicians as an important cause of disease. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He has taken to his bed, and Dr. Willows says that he is a wreck and that his nervous system is shattered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• We shall have put you back again into something assimilating to your nervous condition on the birthday night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Raymond is a witness what nervous jerkings I have in my legs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Little nervous subject! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She was not nervous or impressible; but the solemn, heart-felt manner struck her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Twemlow; blessed release for the dear man if she really was his daughter, nervous even under the pretence that she is, well he may be. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I know I shouldn't make you nervous, and I shouldn't sleep. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I was a deuced deal more nervous than you were that morning. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am fearless, physically; I am never nervous about danger. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Holmes, however, was always in training, for he had inexhaustible stores of nervous energy upon which to draw. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Blake's nervous suffering is greatly allayed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He got fractious and nervous, and I was obliged to let him go into the streets. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am not quite sure what my nervous system is, but I was dreadfully low-spirited. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The nervous terrors and fearful visions which had scared us during the spring, continued to visit our coward troop during this sad journey. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Because the last dynamiter they sent to work with us, although a formidable technician, was very nervous. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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