Excess energy in a person resulting from anxiety or anticipation.
he has a great deal of nervous energy
Example sentencesExamples
- He is full of nervous energy, often rocking on his toes when not at the center of attention.
- I always had nervous energy as a player but once I was on the pitch I was okay.
- He appeared to be filled with even more nervous energy than usual.
- He was a bundle of nervous energy on the eve of the match.
- There is so much nervous energy bouncing around.
- There's a lot of nervous energy about whether the painting is going to work.
- He had a restless, nervous energy that made him seem a decade younger than he was.
- I had a lot of excitement and nervous energy when I accepted the position.
- She certainly did channel her nervous energy, producing a performance which led to the award of joint first prize.
- He paced the library with a nervous energy that demanded a release.