Nick's tense nerves twitched in answer to the sounds.

With tense nerves and a rigid face he went to meet his visitors.

Ann Veronica's tense nerves started, and she stood still with her eyes upon him, wondering what it might be that impended.

One expects it at the turn of the two seasons, wet and dry, with electrified tense nerves.

I could feel the tense nerves loosening like springs long held taut.

Tony's relaxed, almost casual manner was matched by the other man's seemingly tense nerves.

I asked angrily, for his words jarred upon my tense nerves.

He decided that perhaps tense nerves had fooled him.

He tried to shrug off the feeling, mentally blaming it on tense nerves.

He tried to make his voice sound casual, but the tremor in it betrayed tense nerves.