Example sentences for: nervously

How can you use “nervously” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "We have nothing against the Hillies," says Jacklyn, a GS-11, as she taps her ubiquitous identity badge nervously on the table.

  • When your side has launched an offensive, been driven back, and nervously awaits a counteroffensive, it's not a bad time for an armistice.

  • --Prudie, nervously

  • The great lobby of the Palais, the Salle des Pas Perdus, is worth a visit for a glimpse of the many lawyers, plaintiffs, witnesses, court reporters, and assorted hangers-on waiting nervously for the wheels of French justice to grind into action.

  • "They can be found," a CNN correspondent informs us, "shuttling the kids to practice in minivans, nervously pacing the sidelines, juggling the demands of family and career."


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