nervous tension

collocation in English

meaningsofnervousandtension

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nervous
adjective
uk
/ˈnɜː.vəs/us
/ˈnɝː.vəs/
worried ...
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tension
noun
uk
/ˈten.ʃən/us
/ˈten.ʃən/
a feeling of nervousness before an important or ...
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(Definition ofnervousandtensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It releasesnervoustensionthat otherwise would come out as violence.
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Asthma is often linked to anxiety andnervoustension.
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I say that now to avoidnervoustensionlater.
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They are still suffering fromnervoustensionafter their narrow escape last night.
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A great number of our population today are living in a state of highnervoustension.
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In those circumstances, it is inevitable that there should he anervoustension, a neurosis.
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Many of us require tobacco to release us fromnervoustension.
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He says that there is anervoustensionin the home which has to be seen to be believed.
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Because the world is suffering from an acute attack ofnervoustension, this debate has come at an opportune time.
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One has to be a shopkeeper really to perceive thenervoustensionwhich there is among women shoppers.
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At the very least they can create a situation ofnervoustensionin their relationship with their landlord.
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As we all know, this is in itself a bad thing, becausenervoustensionleads to so many other evils.
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Rooibos is purported to assist withnervoustension, allergies and digestive problems.
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The lessening of anxiety reducesnervoustension, psychosomatic disorders and defensive distortions of the personality.
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Those are two samples of hundreds of letters that complain of the long delays, expense, genuinenervoustensionand exasperation which the present system induces.
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We have to have in our minds thenervoustensionin which the people exist who live upon the borders of this aggression.
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Let us have some sympathy for these men and understanding of thenervoustensionand strain under which they are working.
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It is only the close association of different habits and customs which has sometimes produced anervoustensionwhich is intolerable.
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The moment the message came over that he was going to accept it, it put me into a greatnervoustension.
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They are nervous wrecks, taking endless drugs, and some have had to be hospitalised as a direct result of thenervoustensionthat they have suffered.
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It is from this process that we have the expression on tenterhooks, meaning in a state ofnervoustension.
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Many of those who live in our great cities need a respite from the noise, smell andnervoustensionwith which they have to live for most of the year.
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