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Meanings of nervous strain in English

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nerviositat
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(Psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress.

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        Usage of nervous strain in English
        1
        He carries the nervous strain of one day over to the next.
        Riders of the Silences
        2
        Maria was, therefore, not subjected to the nervous strain of seeing him.
        By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
        3
        I saw he really had been under a nervous strain, all right.
        Ma Pettengill
        4
        The nervous strain was enormous and so was the moral strain.
        Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 / Sexual Inversion
        5
        Often the effect of nervous strain in women is constant talking.
        Nerves and Common Sense
        6
        Thoroughly exhausted by the nervous strain of the day before Robin slept late.
        Red-Robin
        7
        Sweat broke out on his forehead, because of the nervous strain.
        Now It Can Be Told
        8
        We do things, but we pay the penalty of nervous strain.
        Woman's Work in Music
        9
        This last year has been full of both nervous strain and desperate monotony.
        The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
        10
        Add together the physical effort, the mental activity, the nervous strain.
        Don Orsino
        11
        A faint moisture broke out on his face with that acute nervous strain.
        Poor Man's Rock
        12
        Bessie Stuart, exhausted by her long nervous strain, sank into a restless slumber.
        A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
        13
        She-eh-wasunder a-eh-under a nervous strain; a severe nervous strain, you know, and-
        Mary Louise
        14
        The nervous strain had been considerable and she showed it.
        Deadham Hard: A Romance
        15
        The keen competitive spirit that stimulates a match player also increases the nervous strain.
        The Art of Lawn Tennis
        16
        She insisted that it was too much fish and nervous strain about the Mebbe.
        Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
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        Translations for nervous strain
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        Nervous strain through the time
        Nervous strain across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common