And Mason tilted back his chair in the nervousness of desperation and brought his eyes to a focus on her face, which was strangely illuminated in the flickering foot-lights from the hearth.
Fandor was shaking with nervousness and muttering to himself.
The concierge fought down her nervousness and for the first time looked at the unfortunate victim with a steady gaze.
What was hernervousness therefore but a presentiment?
My companion was completely silent, and I felt both as if she were watching my nervousness with a sort of sinister irony and as if I were talking to some different, strange person.
I do hope they were good," goes on Mrs. Monkton, her nervousness rather increasing.
The very nervousness that is consuming her throws fire into her eyes and speech.
She waves him an airy adieu as she makes this cruel suggestion, and with a kiss more hurried than usual to the children, and a good deal of nervousness in her whole manner, runs down the steps to her hansom and disappears.
Yet such is far from the case, for it seems as though the greater the artistic temperament the more truly the artist feels and the more of himself he puts into the music he sings the greater his nervousness beforehand.
It is certain with a good breath support even nervousness need not prevent one from singing well, although one may be actually suffering from trepidation.
It is seldom that true artists are much troubled with nervousness after going upon the stage.
I have already spoken of the various phases of nervousness which an artist feels before the performance, but I wish to say here a word in regard to the practical significance of such nervousness.
Lanpher had not failed to note the nervousness of Racey's tone.
Her eyes, too, looked tired, as I had seen them at our chance meeting in Hyde Park several months before, but she was perfectly controlled, and I could trace no sign of nervousness or embarrassment.
It had seemed to Janet once or twice that she was forcing herself to do it, as though braving some nervousness of which she was ashamed.
Mr. Tertius, who since his arrival had shown as muchnervousness as would probably have signalised his appearance in a witness-box, started at this direct appeal.
His usual nervousness seemed to have left him, and there was something very like a smile of contempt about his lips when he spoke.
She did not fear, yet a curious nervousness was hers which made her listen acutely at every footstep, and breathe her relief if the sound died away without further intrusion upon her privacy.
His wife's sudden nervousness of manner was not hidden from him.
And strangely enough her nervousness increased as the moments went by, and a vague feeling of apprehension took hold of her.
Roy had recovered from his first nervousness regarding studies and was getting on fairly well.
Post steadied down now; possibly he forgot his nervousness in his desire to even matters with Rollins for the summary way in which that youth had dealt with him.
Then he laughed at himself for his nervousness and strove not to think of the sounds.
Oh, no, it does not; it only makes you realize your nervousness ten times more.
But, unfortunately, if you do not realize it now and relax into Nature's ways, she will knock you hard against one of her stone walls, and you will rebound with a more unpleasant realization of nervousness than is possible now.
The extraordinary nervousness she betrayed, the anxiety for her welfare shown by Mrs. Ambrose and the grave face of the vicar all favoured the idea that she had become an invalid since he had last met her.
Goddard thought he detected a slight nervousness in his wife's manner.
He could not in the least understand the cause of her anxiety, but he supposed her nervousnesswas connected with her indisposition.
Grimaldi asked him, more from nervousness than for information, if he had seen him lately.
The nervousness of Sarah regarding burglars had led me in this way to study the subject carefully, and my adoption of jet-black pajamas as nightwear was not due to cowardice on my part.
The knowledge that I lay in bed ready at any time to spring out upon him would make him prepare his revolver, and his nervousness might make him shoot me, which would quite upset Sarah's nerves.
She lowered her lids at his glance, forgetful for once of the effect of fringed ladies, and made her reply with a little tremble of nervousness in her voice.
Such habits as hesitation, coughing, or groping for a word, are often forms of nervousness and a little will-power exerted in the right direction may easily control them.
Respect yourself, have confidence in yourself-and nervousness and shyness in conversation will vanish.
Again she moved out cautiously and with ever increasing nervousness admitted that there was no door in that direction.
Gladys, much abashed and still hardly able to breathe, laid her head on her knee and sobbed from sheernervousness and relief.
There was a hint of nervousness in his voice also.
He looked at her with grave enquiry, and with a touch of nervousness she explained her presence.
The old quick nervousness of manner had gone utterly from her.
But her nervousness only heightened her color, and as with her beautiful walk she advanced into the room there was an audible gasp from every side.
With thenervousness of the thoroughbred, it shied.
He was somewhat surprised at her agitation, and her evident desire to leave the place unseen; for Nell was usually so perfectly self-possessed and free from nervousness or gaucherie.
During all this private soliloquising, Edwin's mien of mild nervousness never hardened to betray his ferocity, and he said nothing that might not have been said by an innocuous idiot.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nervousness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
