The mere fact of looking death in the eyes never shook Sir Thomas' nerve before.

He knew that The Shadow was trying to shake his nerve.

When they want to shake your bloody nerve, or flaming warn you not to follow.

It might well shake his nerve disastrously, and he had to keep cool now.

But had it shaken this Kirk's nerve?

The unpleasant experience of her last trip had shaken her nerve.

The firm didn't sack him, but he resigned---said it had shaken his nerve.

You insult your opponent so as to shake his nerve.

No doubt the sight of the creature moving had shaken his nerve, even though he had expected it.

He knew it - they had been plotting against him for days, trying to shake his nerve.