Sentences with phrase «nervous wreck»

If all you can think about is measuring and / or avoiding calories, you're going to be a silent nervous wreck most of the time.

Few people actually enjoy taking tests, and some people are downright nervous wrecks about them.

Gosling briefly plays him as a blood - spattered nervous wreck when the killing starts, his ice - cool shell cracked, only the desire to protect precious Irene keeping him moving through impossible odds.

Bravo's hit show makes its DVD debut this week and even though I still can't cook worth a crock pot, I still love watching all the delicious food being prepared by these intense and nervous wrecks on screen.

Many cats turn into nervous wrecks with too much stress.

The Predators and Penguins saw two sides of Pekka Rinne in Game 3: A jittery, nervous wreck of a netminder in one period and a rock - solid wall for the final two frames.

They're nervous wrecks who are either yelling constant instructions to their child or else they can't bear to watch in case their child doesn't do well — they'd be too embarrassed.

Ginger is a firm that supports individuals in becoming better public speakers, as they boast «we turn communicators from nervous wrecks into public speaking leaders.»

These days, we barely even notice the sounds of everyday occurrences such as lawnmowers and nearby roads, but if you think back to pre-industrial times, this amount of external stimulation would have made our distant ancestors nervous wrecks.

Here are our tips on how to prepare for an interview and not be a quivering, nervous wreck on the day:

Another problem with baby monitors is that they turn some parents into nervous wrecks.

Or as Ruth Whippman, author of America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks, hilariously put it on Vox: «Like an attractive man, it seems the more actively happiness is pursued, the more it refuses to call and starts avoiding you at parties.»

I spoke with a client yesterday who was a nervous wreck about an upcoming presentation, so I asked her what the worse possible outcome may be.

In a New York Times profile promoting his upcoming film «Deadpool 2,» Ryan Reynolds discussed how he copes with anxiety, which, as the Times wrote, makes him «often, quite secretly, a nervous wreck.»

My husband knew John was gay but didn't tell him he knew, and John was a nervous wreck around his Dad.

«My husband knew John was gay but didn't tell him he knew,» John's mother wrote about her husband, «and John was a nervous wreck around his dad.

And last week he got his license and bought himself a car with the cash he makes as a lifeguard, which of course means that now when he snatches his keys and heads for the door, I'm a nervous wreck thinking that he's going to get stopped by the cops.»

the baker (my mother - in - law) was a nervous wreck over it bc it's such a heavy cake, but it turned out fabulously, and everyone loved it.

I would always turn into a nervous wreck, checking the oven religiously to ensure the pie hadn't collapsed or cracked or disintegrated.

Wow, my first mistake and I was already a nervous wreck!

With all due respect, you, and many others, sound just like the nervous wreck that you're accusing Wenger of being.

Wenger was a nervous wreck and really doesn't know how to change a plan mid game or to motivate from the bench he plays players who do not compliment each other and has a mediocre squad in general.

Either way, why react like a nervous wreck, too?

A top manager would have calmed us down but with Wenger a nervous wreck on the bench he only amplifies this to the players.

«I'm a nervous wreck,» Jane said while sitting on the edge of a chair in the clubhouse last Wednesday afternoon.

Still, Sheehan admitted she was «a nervous wreck» on the first day and played poorly while being beaten in singles by Alison Nicholas.

One quarter, and I'm already a nervous wreck screaming at my TV.

Though eagerly awaiting transfer news will most likely leave you a nervous wreck for 90 % of the window..

The hype machine has been rolling for about five years — in case you missed it, in July 2000 the Chicago Sun - Times published a story about her AAU exploits headlined hype machine is rolling — so forgive Parker if she doesn't appear to be a nervous wreck on the eve of the most highly anticipated, if long delayed, college debut in the history of the women's game.

Before the Wildcats» tournament opener against Eastern Illinois, he pronounced himself «a nervous wreck.»

If arsene still thinks top four matter for his new contract reward, he will be in nervous wreck to must wins remaining matches.

«It's something that you don't want to freak about, because then you'll end up being a nervous wreck,» Wallace said.

At the time, I was a nervous wreck going into this game.

Herrera looked so promising when he arrived, but in last night's game, especially in the first half, he played like a nervous wreck so worried about impressing the manager that he was basically useless.

The «marquee» signing from Portsmouth last summer looked impressive at the start of last season, but now he just looks a nervous wreck.

But I am a nervous wreck about it.

All was well in the end, but I was a nervous wreck the whole day...

Nonetheless, I was a nervous wreck not to riddled with guilt that it was definitely my fault.

I am a nervous wreck.

I'm a nervous wreck about cloth diapering but your blog gave me some great tips.

In fact, I was a nervous wreck; terrified I would lose another baby to preterm labor again.

Before my son was even ready to be potty trained I was a nervous wreck about it.

Just had a baby and you're a nervous wreck about leaving that precious little bundle?

I tried not to show it but I was a nervous wreck!

He was a nervous wreck watching her toddle and topple over.