nerved

Arclight glow gave Lee's raw nerved face a blue-white cast.

Nevis was too nerved, and Upshaw was huddled down in the backseat of his green Ford being agreeably unconscious.

The noise of the falling candlestick sounded to the taut nerved house-breaker as might the explosion of a stick of dynamite during prayer in a meeting house.

Smoking Elf isn't a look for the weak nerved person: looks like he would die after the very first inhalation, illustrating the harm nicotine might cause... Geez!

The circumstances were perfect for deciding about enlisting new members... for out there, with ancient fears made manifest, even the strongest nerved crook would be hesitant about getting out of line.

Because this also keeps the horse from brushing away flies, leaving it helpless against biting insects, the practice was quicky banned, and horses with nerved tails are no longer allowed in the show ring.

Besides, their pains and pleasures are so dependent on outward circumstances, on the objects of their affections, that they seldom act from the impulse of a nerved mind, able to choose its own pursuit.

Though the media hailed her as a "steely nerved circus queen," circus superstition kept her from talking too much about her performances, and actual hunger was often the reason the Wallendas took such risks in the early years.

He wanted to communicate his new discoveries, pour out the profusion of his confusion to listeners, in madness never more nerved or equilustral, all paradised by the aerosols until the unclipped hedges of mind grew their own utopiary.