nerve

[US]/nɜːv/
[UK]/nɜːrv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. nerve: sensitivity of the nervous system; tension of nervous system courage; boldness.

Phrases & Collocations

nerve-racking

nerve-wracking experience

nerve oneself

optic nerve

peripheral nerve

facial nerve

sciatic nerve

nerve cell

nerve root

nerve fiber

sensory nerve

sympathetic nerve

vagus nerve

motor nerve

ulnar nerve

cranial nerve

median nerve

radial nerve

trigeminal nerve

nerve center

nerve tissue

have no nerves

Example Sentences

a ventral nerve cord.

an adrenergic nerve fiber.

trying to get up the nerve to quit.

they can graft a new hand on to the nerve ends.

he had the nerve to insult my cooking.

Frankfurt is the economic nerve centre of Germany.

Fran's nerves were raw.

the fatty sheath around nerve fibres.

my nerves are shot.

Banks are the nerves of commerce.

Did he have the nerve to say that?

She nerves herself for the struggle.

stretch every nerve to do sth.

lost his nerve at the last minute.

nerves taut with anxiety.

Real-world Examples

I stand rather shakily trying to suppress my nerves.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

Each one strained every nerve to break the bundle.

Source: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary Schools

The sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in the body.

Source: Osmosis - Nerve

They have the tenacity, they have the nerve and they don't have fear.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

I don't have the nerve to do it.

Source: 1000 British English Phrases

" I seem to have touched a nerve, " said Malfoy, smirking.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

" You have your nerve with you, old man, " he said.

Source: American Elementary School English 5

But it still rattled my nerves.

Source: Billions Season 1

Well, of all the nerve, she thought.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

That struck a nerve with the reptile.

Source: Spider-Man: No Way Home

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