"nervous" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He should have been at ease, but he wasn't as he turned his tall glass with nervous little jerks.
- When they walked, their heads bobbed up and down in nervous little jerks, exactly like a chicken.
- He looked away, and his tail started twitching in tight, nervous jerks.
- When he stepped inside, she looked up with a nervous jerk, then settled her gaze on the floor by her feet once more.
- He hitched up close, puffing with his eyes darting all over in nervous jerks.
- His limbs gave a nervous jerk, he ducked his head.
- With a quick, nervous jerk, he lit a match, then drew greedily on his cigarette.
- Let me tell you," she said, speaking in nervous jerks, "it's always about the seventh day one begins to get anxious.
- He answered with a nervous jerk of the handset, fumbling it.
- The shrug was more of a nervous jerk.
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