Every nerve in his body screamed at him to turn and flee.
Her nerves screamed with the tension of knowing that she had a little over an hour at best.
Her nerves screamed to run, but it would draw too much attention.
A feeling of tension so great that the nerves screamed with it.
She managed to keep her voice quiet and level, though every nerve was screaming.
Every nerve in my body screamed at me to go back.
But her nerves are screaming, and she has no confidence that the writing, at the end of the episode, will even be coherent.
Once begun, it went on and on, until their nerves were screaming.
Her nerves screamed at her to stop, to break away.
Alex's nerves were screaming but he forced himself to remain calm.