I tell them that nervous energy can actually be a good thing.

Now she didn't have much left to run on except nervous energy.

The people who move a good deal are often described as being 'full of nervous energy'.

His nervous energy plays out through hands that never stop moving.

I had not slept well, and was full of nervous energy.

Leon is just talking off a lot of nervous energy.

She tried to work off her nervous energy by cleaning the house.

My mother looked tired, but seemed filled with nervous energy.

At 46, she has the bright eyes and nervous energy of someone 20 years younger.

She must have been putting out too much nervous energy to notice.