nervy

When he used to come in for the odd game, he looked nervy but now he's got that confidence about him - he looks the part.

In a twist, nervy financial markets may make it easier for a minority government to push through tough measures.

And yet, despite a ceasefire since 1991, a nervy atmosphere permeates the city.

Thousands of stranded travellers faced a nervy battle to get home for Christmas as snow and ice caused chaos at European airports Monday.

India's two main parties were already nervy. As at the pre-poll meeting, they find themselves in an increasingly crowded arena.

Nervy clients have cut back on trading, and banks are under regulatory pressure to reduce their proprietary-trading activities.

Jacques and Natasha Gelman, film buffs, seemed to concentrate on nervy, aggressive images.

What difference does that make? The first moment either of us gets a bit nervy, off we'll go again.

True, August had been pretty nervy when the first wave of subprime fears shook world markets.

I only know one: If you feel a little scared or apprehensive, you 'feel nervous', even 'nervy'.

But post-war Austria stayed nervy and vengeful, declaring him an "enemy of the republic" .

Kinda nervy for someone in your position to be running for homecoming queen.

But why is it doctor that I am always so nervy, tense and ready to jump on anybody.

The Social Security pension scheme is deemed sacrosanct by nervy politicians.

The biggest threat came from crossing the road in nervy traffic.

Banks depend on nervy depositors and wholesale lenders.

Their nervy selling on Tuesday also helped spark a global slump in equities.

A handful of countries, notably Greece but also Spain, Portugal and Ireland, have been forced to take drastic action by nervy bond markets.

The JMP leaders, by contrast, are nervy about an abrupt shift, wary that Yemenis are perhaps the most heavily armed people in the world.

Nervy and austere, too, is the connoisseur's traditional view of British-made wines.

This has made Arizonans understandably nervy.

The sequence where Hughes meets her family and they talk down to him is nervy.

The increasingly apparent oversupply of copper in China, consumer of 40 per cent of the world's supply, has made investors nervy.

He is dressed all in black and looks young (he is 19) and nervy .

I was a little nervy at first.

He was nervy and on edge.

"If you're searching for smart and nervy popular entertainment, this is what it looks like, " he concludes.