His nerves stretched to the screaming point, with no release.

Vance shouted as his own raw nerves stretched toward the breaking point.

The computer had been off for half of that time, and her nerves had stretched to the screaming point.

The abandoned town was not a pleasant sight for men with nerves already stretched tight.

You got your finger on the trigger, nerves stretched tight, eyes moving.

But just as his nerves were stretching to the point of going to look for the man, he reappeared, walking quickly toward them.

What was it about him that made her throat dry up and her nerves stretch?

"They still don't know if the nerves were stretched, torn or what," he said.

Then suddenly I sat up, my nerves stretched taut to a stifled scream.