Sentences with phrase «nerves on alert»

A strange scent might be coming from any direction and set your hamster's nerves on alert.

Not exact matches

You need to be able to detect dangerous sound the way your nerve cells alert you to the danger of putting your hand on a hot iron.»
The nerves that normally alert you to pain — like touching a hot burner on a stove — are not present in your inner ear.
TORONTO — Even without the hair product that gives him a stiff, stylish 4 - inch pompadour, Scott Cooper seems like a man whose nerves are on high alert.
Burton Bouwkamp wrote: «I told Dick Rossio (Executive Engineer of Body Electrical) that the voice alert was getting on my wife's and my nerves and I asked him how to turn it off.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z