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Meanings of sheer nervousness in English

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Usage of sheer nervousness in English
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Then out of sheer nervousness she blundered into the harshest possible answer.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
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Now he must needs look at her intently, out of sheer nervousness.
Marcella
3
Just a few tears from sheer nervousness, then she would be brave.
The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
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Out of sheer nervousness and fright they might have attacked you.
The Elephant God
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Bobbie was all but biting her nails in sheer nervousness.
Jane Allen, Junior
6
From sheer nervousness Nyoda began twisting up her felt outing hat in her hands.
The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers
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Then she caught Grant's eye, and went out, banging the door in sheer nervousness.
The Postmaster's Daughter
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Her eyes challenged him magnificently, mostly out of sheer nervousness.
Robert Elsmere
9
She always played badly with Mrs. Rastall-Retford, through sheer nervousness.
Death at the Excelsior, and Other Stories
10
Mrs. Budge shut her eyes tight from sheer nervousness.
Red-Robin
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Constance well knew that she would have some, and had only asked from sheer nervousness.
The Old Wives' Tale
12
At the hotel, out of sheer nervousness, he gave the cabman half-a-crown, which was preposterous.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
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He blundered into the question from sheer nervousness, wishing it unspoken the instant it was out.
Eleanor
14
Kedzie giggled with sheer nervousness at the phrase.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
15
The official was perspiring profusely from sheer nervousness.
Banzai! by Parabellum
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Then he realized that he was greatly excited and that he was running from sheer nervousness.
The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
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