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How to use nail-biter in a sentence

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This game was a sellout and a nail-biter, making the for the most exciting possible finish.
Well, I think he would have lost, but I think it would have been yet another nail-biter as well.
If we don't see a better consensus before November 2nd, it's going to be one nail-biter of a night.
The Canada-Sweden game that followed was also a nail-biter, but Sweden controlled the second half and put a couple in late to get a well-deserved win.
This is a genuine nail-biter and, upon occasion, stomach-turner.
Early on in Saturday's game, it appeared as though the Warriors were going to repeat their previous achievement, but the game quickly became a nail-biter.
Bring in the manicurists because this is going to be a nail-biter.
It's an absorbing enough match, without being a total nail-biter.
The grand finale is a nail-biter through a 14-mile, steep-cliffed gorge.
The last day of racing was a real nail-biter, starting with little wind and ending with strong gusts and a thunderstorm.
This game was a trial run of the first semi-final next week and it should turn out to be a nail-biter in good football tradition.
The nail-biter, hair-twirler, foot-tapper, chain-smoker, or twitcher rarely gets past one interview.
The passage of health-care reform will suddenly shift from sure-thing to nail-biter.
Using a five-point scale that ranges from a 1 for blowout to a 5 for nail-biter, McInnes found closely contested games to be the most deadly.
The Canadians trailed 6-0 after two rounds but came back in the third with five to make the fourth and final round an unexpected nail-biter.
Female fans would be wasting money on a manicure this week as Saturday's final home game looks set to be another nail-biter.
She served as a captain for coach Ron Jones on a team that lost a 34-31 nail-biter to Wachusett in the CMass Division 1 semifinals.
In their first debate in a nail-biter of a state Senate race, incumbent Sen.
Novice women's free program was next on the agenda and it was a nail-biter for top spot.
The return of Archie Buchanan 2007 Last seen being rolled off a cliff by his wife and mother, Archie's return as dumb waiter Douglas was a real nail-biter.
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He'd been a nail-biter when he was a kid, but he'd kicked the habit when we got to high school.
Swept undeservedly under the cinematic carpet on theatrical release, this is a rather superb nail-biter plying that sort of creeping tension so rarely attempted.
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