Nervy in a sentence

A few minutes later Eze’s poor clearance then allowed Brighton to win back possession, the ball eventually getting to Pascal Gross, whose inch-perfect cross allowed Welbeck to head home and make for some nervy home fans in the closing minutes.

Defending champions the United States did not lose a game in the group stage but scraping through to the knockout rounds in second place with a nervy 0-0 draw against debutants Portugal was hardly a “win” for a team used to dominating.

Everything is welcome, everyone is treated the same (even nervy young journalists).

From the resulting corner Davies has to clear the ball off the line, nervy times for Tottenham!

It was a little nervy at times in the last couple of frames, but that’s a sizeable win for Si, showing his talent and big-game bottle to reach a second quarter-final of the season.

Jeremy Theobald's nervy, ominous performance as the nameless protagonist bodes well with Nolan's inclinations.

Naturally, it can generate nervy moments and those have been seen occasionally at City since Rosenior took charge in November last year.

Not to be deterred, Norwood tapped home from close range before Watters steered a volley home as the hosts failed to clear their lines to set up a nervy finish.

The final exchanges of the match saw Atherton pose a few more questions, and they managed to pull two goals back to set up a nervy finale.

There, Buscemi was a nervy, extremely New York performance artist named Gregory Stark, doing standup in the subway and stealing away the protagonist's much-younger girlfriend.

Tomi Adeloye came off the bench in the 90th minute and promptly slotted to make it a needlessly nervy finish but thankfully there was no late drama.

Tottenham had to survive some nervy moments but ended 2023 on a high as they battled to a 3-1 win over Bournemouth.

Wahlstedt has done well since coming in, though there have been a few nervy moments.

What comes next is uncertain as Adani executives have been dispatched around the world to reassure nervy investors.

A couple of nervy moments in the first half but looked much better after half time.

After a nervy opening thirty minutes or so for Trethomas, which saw new signing Leon Thomas miss a penalty, last season’s Ardal South East champions soon found their groove, and were threatening before the half-time whistle blew.

After the high-octane thrills of a first half that produced five tries, the rivals settled into a nervy arm-wrestle that delivered the decisive moment when Cheslin Kolbe ran in the second of his two touch downs in the 62nd minute.

A slightly nervy start from Bouchier and it is a maiden over.

Bowdon still carried a threat, and with four minutes to go they made things nervy by pulling back another penalty corner thunderbolt.

Can he make this ending a touch nervy?