| Waiting to diagnose a suspicious lump can be nerve-wracking, and can give the cancer time to grow. |
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| The moments of silently waiting on the dark beach were especially nerve-wracking. |
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| It was a bit nerve-wracking, but all that matters is that we're in the quarters. |
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| He thanked the crowd for their support after he again put them through a nerve-wracking experience at Wimbledon. |
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| Graduate Fashion Week is a nerve-wracking time for students and tutors staging 31 shows which attract over 40,000 visitors. |
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| He won the 2002 air rifle world title in a nerve-wracking shoot off with Jie Li of China. |
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| It's a bit nerve-wracking, because you can really see the frill until after the neck edge is cast off. |
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| The game ended up going to a penalty shootout, which was pretty nerve-wracking, and a little anticlimatic at the same time. |
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| The selection procedure for independent schools is, for parents and children alike, a nerve-wracking experience. |
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| This is obviously a distracting, nerve-wracking, uncomfortable experience for him. |
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| I myself am not a smoker, although I do occasionally indulge in a coffin nail before, say, a nerve-wracking public appearance. |
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| But he pushed me to make amends, and the whole thing was pretty nerve-wracking really, but it was a mostly cool night. |
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| The earliest drawings in the show were almost nerve-wracking to view, conveying the feeling of huge ideas having been forced onto a tiny stage. |
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| Eye contact can be nerve-wracking in a presentation setting, but stay cool try to focus on each classmate one at a time. |
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| While he was the first to perform it was nowhere near as nerve-wracking as the day one try-outs. |
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| Exams can be nerve-wracking, and controlling your stress levels around this time can be difficult. |
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| The fact only one team will be relegated at the end of the campaign doesn't make matters any less nerve-wracking for those in the danger zone. |
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| This was a nerve-wracking ordeal for me as Tony's bungalow was one of the few on the mine where the windows were not netted in. |
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| And he admits his first show, in Shepherds Bush, London, where Naomi was in the audience, was nerve-wracking. |
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| A nurse is facing a nerve-wracking few weeks waiting for the result of tests to find whether or not he has been injected with the HIV virus. |
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| It's pretty nerve-wracking to think that our efforts may have gone for nothing. |
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| These hilarious interludes were extremely nerve-wracking for the journalists involved but they proved to a huge hit with the audience. |
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| Auditioning can be a nerve-wracking experience for many musicians and performers. |
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| Granted, it's nerve-wracking outwitting evil but why can't the boys be scaredy-cats too? |
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| Getting called for an interview is exciting, but it can also be a little nerve-wracking. |
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| In these nerve-wracking conditions, it is hard to imagine how a staff member can learn to carry out another person's job. |
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| It's always a bit nerve-wracking to unveil new routines but it was nice to get that done successfully and have it well received. |
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| Presenting a speech to an audience for the first time is always nerve-wracking, but below are some helpful hints to help you feel prepared. |
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| The search for an available parking space in downtown areas and parking garages is a nerve-wracking and time-consuming daily chore for drivers. |
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| I've never done anything like this before so it was nerve-wracking but it was the best experience of my life. |
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| We beat Ayr United 2-1 last term after coming back from a goal behind and that was a nerve-wracking experience. |
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| I ventured out on it for some five yards, but the nerve-wracking bit was turning around to get back. |
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| Yeah, it can be nerve-wracking, but it seems to work for me. |
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| That time had been nerve-wracking, yet extremely happy for the family. |
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| Flying is nerve-wracking at the best of times, and it only takes one stupid and irresponsible person to turn a holiday flight into an airborne nightmare. |
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| The ordeal of the police identity parade is as nerve-wracking for those who take part as the witnesses on the far side of the darkened glass screen. |
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| Just getting up on the stage at first was really nerve-wracking. |
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| I am quite sure that it will be a long time before we forget the team spirit demonstrated by the members of Parliament's delegation during these nerve-wracking negotiations. |
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| Low salaries and lack of provisions for retirement were morale destroying, unsettling and nerve-wracking for nurses including those who supported parents and children. |
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| Inspired by the stilted and monotonous tones of an Ancient Greek chorus, Middleton woodenly delivered what must have been a jolly nerve-wracking oration with a school assembly sort of aplomb. |
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| It was a little nerve-wracking for me because you are there and trying to tell them their history and then it's performed by Americans, so you're always nervous about how it will be perceived. |
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| Two UN ships ran aground and were forced to turn back but the remaining ships, led by HMCS Cayuga, reached the city after a nerve-wracking passage through shallow, twisting channels on a pitch-dark night. |
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| It's always nerve-wracking to buy something not fully completed, but having seen the Trappeur show house, we had good vibes about the final product and we were not disappointed. |
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| The remaining four destroyers, under the lead of Cayuga, proceeded slowly and cautiously up the channel in an especially nerve-wracking journey in the dark and at low tide. |
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| To better illustrate this, I want to speak briefly about how Canada navigated through a rather turbulent period in its history-sometimes gracefully, sometimes through nerve-wracking, last minute compromise. |
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| She now faces a nerve-wracking, semi-final ordeal this Sunday at Doncaster, where she will commentate on a live race in front of the crowd. |
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| It brought us a lot, but at the same time, the process was nerve-wracking. |
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| But in those nerve-wracking times, we always cheered each other up, like the time Janelle lost her backpack and half her clothes, or the times when I was terribly homesick. |
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| If you haven't heard it this week don't worry, the Moneyman will be back later in the year complete with heavy breathing and nerve-wracking silences. |
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| Crosby, a part owner of the Pirates at the time, said watching the game live would be too nerve-wracking, so he had a friend make a kinescope off of the television. |
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