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"nerve-racking" Definitions
  1. making you feel very nervous and worried

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CAVUTO: But, to their point, if the markets are rattled by all these nerve-racking developments or what would normally be considered nerve- racking, they have a funny way of showing it.
LONDON — Learning to drive can be a nerve-racking experience.
Scoring a job interview is both exciting and nerve racking.
It got a little nerve racking until I found Aidan.
"In the first set it was absolutely nerve racking," Dimitrov said.
We'll admit that the whole process seems a little nerve-racking.
She thought to herself, I've been in nerve-racking situations before.
Goff described the drive as "nerve-racking," Fox 5 DC said.
Even getting it to go well is a nerve-racking process.
Federal courthouses can be tricky, nerve-racking places to report from.
"It's definitely nerve-racking," Sheary said of the game's fast pace.
Asking questions of a president is nerve-racking under any circumstances.
Smarter Living: Breaking up with a therapist can be nerve-racking.
But the scenery below was well worth the nerve-racking ride.
EARLY October is a nerve-racking period for the world's top scientists.
Even though it's a little nerve-racking, it can also be liberating.
The film doesn't lack nerve-racking sequences or well-tuned jump scares.
It's exciting, nerve-racking, difficult and emotional all at the same time.
Was it nerve-racking creating this platform without having a road map?
Biebs told us it was more nerve-racking than his stadium concerts.
"It was nerve-racking," the professional surfer Carissa Moore said Tuesday night.
I thought, "Let's go for it," even though it was nerve-racking.
This makes Diane's trip to the hospital all the more nerve-racking.
" Says the star: "It was a little nerve-racking [to join the cast].
Expect this year to be as nerve-racking as 2017, if not more.
Of her return, DeJesus admitted that it feels "nerve-racking" to be back.
"I think it's always going to be nerve-racking for me," Hadid said.
Just bear that in mind as you dive into these nerve-racking films.
Last year's tournament was the most nerve-racking competition Neubauer's ever participated in.
Our first date was like a date with anybody, just more nerve-racking.
It was really nerve-racking and it's scary, and it's not only you.
Performing live at the Academy Awards has got to be pretty nerve-racking.
The most nerve-racking, scary, exciting mix of emotions I have ever felt.
Her own first experience in the pool was nerve-racking, she told me.
Receiving an invitation to a job interview is both exciting and nerve-racking.
The driver's daughter got emotional as she described watching the nerve-racking footage.
"It was very nerve-racking," Mr. Zeppenfeldt-Cestero, now 71 and still working.
" She took piano lessons starting at age 6 but found recitals "nerve-racking.
Pike and O'Dowd found the scripts exciting — they found them nerve-racking, too.
They were in order, but the company's executives found the process nerve-racking.
It was definitely the most nerve-racking thing I've ever had to do.
"Finding a place to live during the renovations was nerve-racking," said Mrs.
The phase he's in right now, he says, is the most nerve-racking.
It was rather nerve-racking, but fortunately the response has been very positive.
That was nerve-racking, but at a certain point you have to let go.
The movie is both cerebral and an edge-of-your-seat, nerve-racking thriller.
Then it's all nerve-racking suspense and, well, you can guess how this ends.
I find it very nerve-racking to sing in front of people, for sure.
"It was, of course, very overwhelming and nerve-racking," Bretan says of the audition.
That was really nerve-racking, but now going into Monday I am so excited.
She's never had to suffer through the nerve-racking uncertainty of a rose ceremony.
The next public part he played, three years later, was even more nerve-racking.
"It was more nerve-racking to be the only person on stage," she says.
For most people, losing a phone or having it stolen can be nerve-racking.
No one's ever tried anything like this before, so it's a little nerve-racking.
"It was nerve-racking to know that the train was coming," Ms. Tulic said.
"It's always nerve-racking, showing your parents things you've been working on," he added.
Walking through the prison grounds on my first day was a nerve-racking experience.
He had been at the Atlanta Falcons for eight years; that's nerve-racking, exciting.
Going to pick up my "mail" at the shipping center was especially nerve-racking.
But that doesn't make getting there any less nerve-racking on the big screen.
After five nerve-racking minutes, he decided the reports were probably a false alarm.
The nerve-racking competition has been chronicled in novels, nonfiction, documentaries and feature films.
Contemplating the prospect of leaving Rocket alone, outside his dog crate, was nerve-racking.
As nerve-racking as the sport can be, he actually finds it really relaxing.
"I was so worried about Dan, it was really nerve-racking," Captain Franchino recalled.
The experience was a bit nerve-racking at times, but it was also fun.
It's a nerve-racking epilogue to what was supposed to be a celebratory voyage.
He played it cool, but for a 20-year-old, it was nerve-racking.
Mr. Mills says the experience was just as nerve-racking as you might imagine.
Public speaking can be nerve-racking for anyone, even if they do it often.
I will not say where the story goes in its nerve-racking final third.
This isn't the first nerve-racking moment Goulding has shared with the royal family.
It also makes the introduction of new IP such a nerve-racking, high stakes process.
Job interviews can be nerve-racking — and not just for the person who's being interviewed.
"It was a little nerve-racking," the lifelong Disney fan says of writing Moana's score.
Figuring out if, when and how to ask for a raise can be nerve-racking.
So, Monday, June 27 was one of the most nerve-racking days of my life.
To people living in Tuk and Inuvik, the ice road isn't nerve-racking at all.
Yeah. It was nerve-racking last fall, when I first handed it over to Drew.
After a nerve-racking audition, Washington called Parker back to meet his fellow cast members.
It's no wonder it might feel quite nerve-racking stepping up to the TED stage.
Find a friendly faceAre you still finding the whole experience a bit too nerve-racking?
Ecuador finally scored in the 74th minute, setting the stage for a nerve-racking finish.
Stream a dramedy about a nerve-racking week in the life of an eighth grader.
In the nerve-racking final minutes of the flight, his pulse raced from 87 to 132.
"The uncertainty is nerve-racking," says Karla Robles, now at university studying to become a teacher.
But I had no idea fake news could be this nerve-racking until the French election.
"This has to be a little nerve-racking to be separated from the tribe," Cochran says.
Klausing told CNN that not knowing the extent of damage to Key West was nerve-racking.
IN THE DREAM HOUSE A Memoir By Carmen Maria Machado Doorknobs can be nerve-racking things.
But despite the nerve-racking description, Big Boy's venom can actually be used to save lives.
Get To Work: With Suzy Welch Asking your boss for a raise can be nerve-racking.
I'm sure it's very overwhelming and nerve-racking for them, so the stress is also exhausting.
"It was a little nerve-racking for a couple days, but it was fun," Syndergaard said.
I mean, nerve-racking for many reasons — [Gary] is mysterious, hard to pin down, closed off.
Way less nerve-racking than extracting a balled-up twenty from the fist of a toddler.
Debating your salary with your boss is a nerve-racking scenario that does not come easy.
Nik's sister Lijana also made the nerve-racking crossing between 1 Times Square and 2 Times Square.
Speaking in front of a large crowd at any age, let alone at sixteen, is nerve-racking.
And for the reasons mentioned above, it can be nerve-racking for riders as cars whizz by.
But she says watching Tripp hit the ballroom is far more nerve-racking than doing so herself.
That's part of what makes a movie like Trey Edward Shults' debut drama Krisha so nerve-racking.
So I went there in August of 2016 for the first time, and it was nerve-racking.
It must have been nerve-racking, taking on one of Shakespeare's most widely known and beloved works.
"It was nerve-racking," she told me, when we talked over the phone a few weeks later.
So it was definitely nerve-racking kind of, but I was enjoying it so much out there.
And it was nerve-racking because of all the nuclear missile threats now coming from North Korea.
Whether that final weekend of the season will be triumphant or nerve-racking remains to be seen.
The result is a fist-clenching, teeth-grinding fiasco as utterly nerve-racking as it is impressive.
That's what's making the end of this series so exciting ... and more than a little nerve-racking.
"You know, when you have to take seriously, it is a little more nerve-racking," she told CNN.
" Earlier in the interview, Trump Jr. said he found the incident "nerve racking" though "lucky it wasn't anything.
"Trump is inverting our minds and causing us a nerve racking, internal hysteria," he told media on Thursday.
Just like any job, there are parts of acting in movies that are more nerve-racking than others.
But Harbour says while it may be nerve-racking, he's confident fans will be happy with the outcome.
As Mario Batali can attest to, cooking for President Obama's final state dinner is a nerve-racking affair.
As it turned out, conversations with friends, families, and strangers over the next week would become nerve-racking.
Adults must live with the nerve-racking reality that we cannot absolutely guarantee the safety of any teenager.
Since your income is variable, it can be nerve-racking to lock up a certain amount every month.
"Shahbaz Taseer and his entire family deserve to be commended for enduring this ordeal and nerve-racking experience."
"It was probably as nerve-racking as it was in the stands as for everybody else," Springer said.
Sydney Durner from Wilmington said all dating was uncomfortable: Any type of dating can be extremely nerve-racking.
And of course it's nerve-racking when objects move, in any context — things get lost, things get broken.
Either way, holding a connection long enough to upload our photos and text was a nerve-racking proposition.
I always had to bring two enormously heavy lenses, and choosing which one to use was nerve-racking.
Purchasing a stone of such size is a nerve-racking experience, said Laurence Graff, chairman of Graff Diamonds.
"It&aposs exciting times and, for some people, nerve-racking," Amine Khechfe, the chief strategy officer at Stamps.
Students applying to Oxford University are interviewed throughout December, so Christmas is a nerve-racking time for applicants.
It's nerve-racking to think that you will be coming home with three people instead of just you two.
He's not aggressive, he's just overly excited, and if you don't know any better, its kind of nerve-racking.
It's a little nerve-racking, because this is the country that one day I'll help shape with my votes.
As it turns out, the first kiss is a nerve-racking milestone for just about everyone — Zayn Malik included.
" Tunnels, on the other hand, Musk detailed were "way less nerve-racking than flying cars" and still "so fun.
The pressure of being in front of the experts and knowing I had Lillian's heart was very nerve-racking!
Kind of nerve-racking the first time in a bikini with your new hubby (and on camera, no less)!
They deal with a competitive high school admissions process that can be as nerve-racking as picking a college.
The quiet moments before a bride walks down the aisle are pretty nerve-racking — and not just for her.
"It is nerve-racking, I get very nervous and I feel the pressure before Wimbledon every year," Murray said.
"It was a very nerve-racking decision that wouldn't have been made without Ashleigh's full support," Mr. Ward said.
For veteran space watchers, almost every rocket launch is filled with nerve-racking worry that something will go wrong.
Sending an email to your CEO can feel like approaching a celebrity — exciting and nerve-racking all at once.
October has often been a nerve-racking month for investors, and this month is living up to that reputation.
" She wrote in the 2-minute video's description, "It's exciting, nerve-racking, difficult and emotional all at the same time.
And, anyone who has ever tried to deep fry foods at home knows it can be a nerve-racking pursuit.
The thought of facing the Blazers, especially without Curry, might have been nerve-racking — and might still prove to be.
Just one generation after Nelson Mandela's 1994 election, South Africa's democracy has entered an exhilarating but nerve-racking political adolescence.
The ad struck a nerve, racking up more than 1.8 million views on YouTube and launching McGrath to national attention.
If that holds true in other battleground states, Clinton's team is in for a nerve-racking — and possibly heartbreaking — night.
If the conclusion of Esther is more nerve-racking than is often thought, what is the source of our joy?
"It remains a little bit nerve-racking, you know, in all honesty," Federer, 22008, said at a news conference Sunday.
But for living playwrights, other ways directors and actors interpret (or tamper with?) their writing can be nerve-racking, too.
"It was a little bit nerve-racking because I felt there was quite a bit of expectation," said Azarenka, 13.
This can make a simple drive to the store a nerve-racking experience, complete with sweating, flashbacks and heightened sensations.
You may also want to step back from social media or find ways to make the experience less nerve-racking.
People were eager for change but fearful of chaos, and Obama brought a reassuring calm to a nerve-racking situation.
There was a nerve-racking moment when neither of them made it to the finish line of their first race.
Since the storm, residents have been doing a nerve-racking accounting, surveying surrounding settlements for their relatives, friends and acquaintances.
It was arduous, nerve-racking work, done with improvised tools and the constant risk of discovery or a cave-in.
The tension peaked with a nerve-racking replay after a challenge on the 289th point of the third-set tiebreaker.
There are always a few long, nerve-racking seconds when a lamb is first born, before it takes its first breath.
Any redeployment of nuclear-capable missiles in Central Europe would roll the clock back to this nerve-racking 1980s status quo.
Wordplay WEDNESDAY PUZZLE — Making your New York Times Crossword debut in front of the entire world is a nerve-racking experience.
She found getting up and getting down so nerve-racking that she asked the crew to just keep her rigged up.
Still, the first few times I left my daughter Ellie alone to sleep when she was a newborn were nerve-racking.
"It was a little nerve-racking seeing that we weren't gaining any altitude and we were just circulating," Mr. Murray said.
"It's a nerve-racking feeling," Ms. Whitfield told a local news station in Colorado Springs, near where the academy is located.
"Graduation," Cristian Mungiu's nerve-racking and humane new film, provides plenty of visual and narrative evidence in support of Romeo's pessimism.
" Forsyth — who went on to tie the knot with Joy-Anna on May 26 — admits the experience is "a little nerve-racking.
In August 2017, he revealed he wasn't worried about Meghan handling the spotlight, despite the "nerve-racking" experience of dating a royal.
The most nerve-racking part of the proper follow-up protocol is how to follow up again if you don't hear back.
Proposing has got to be one of the most nerve-racking experiences in life because there's just so much on the line.
The protracted, nerve-racking prelude — the guards deciding whether that decapitated head really is the leader of Hilltop Colony — is pure tension.
Still, that sounds like a lot if you're used to today's two-to-three minute version (which is already pretty nerve-racking).
The jumpy camera work (Christos Moisides is the cinematographer) is nerve-racking; there are no stylishly posed shots, no falsely clever dialogue.
A nerve-racking final Round after round, 15 of 291 spellers in the competition battled for the top prize during Thursday's final.
If you know you're going to have to do something nerve-racking, start thinking of a routine that would work for you.
"It's a bit nerve-racking," said Chris Jabbour, a young real estate agent who welcomed people through the door before the auction.
"It was a little nerve-racking," said Ms. Sanders, whose job often entails putting together reports and preparing for school field trips.
But one nerve-racking possible implication is that Mr. Papadopoulos has recently worn a wire in conversations with other former campaign officials.
Mr. McGarry also forced himself into nerve-racking situations — riding the subway, chatting up an attractive woman — to push through the discomfort.
The role thrusts Joy out into the world and forces her to find happiness in all sorts of unpredictable, nerve-racking ways.
The tension of the competition robs them of rest, and shouldering the weight of the country they represent can be nerve-racking.
Very few films are as nerve-racking start to finish as this Alfonso Cuarón thriller, which scooped up seven Oscars in 2014.
Second, there is a very cute, small dog involved in this movie, and his presence alone is nerve-racking from the start.
I easily accelerated from a full stop into traffic flowing at highway speed, usually a nerve-racking maneuver in a conventional car.
For most, being shipped off to war is still a theoretical peril — a nerve-racking thought perhaps, but not an imminent threat.
Searching for a job can be nerve-racking at any age, especially if you are an older job seeker and over 50.
I remember initially feeling like the only visibly Muslim hijabi student on campus, and it was nerve-racking to say the least.
"For many trans people, opening up to a new romantic prospect about being trans can be a really nerve-racking experience," James said.
To make things even more nerve-racking, it's Monday and I still don't know if I'll be dancing with Gleb or Alan tonight.
And while the opportunity to bring her new music to her fans is exciting, it's also a bit nerve-racking for the teen.
Standing up, grabbing their things, and walking out of class was nerve-racking, but that didn't seem to put people off of it.
Sometimes, they can be nerve-racking, prompting you to wonder why the other person hasn't responded when they've clearly looked at the message.
She didn't sit down to start "Manhattan Beach" until 2012; it was nerve-racking to contemplate following the biggest success of her career.
The Trauma Center games gave me the chance to conduct nerve-racking procedures as a talented surgeon, wielding my stylus as a scalpel.
Too Woke: You understand the important role you have in helping to calm jittery nerves during what can be a nerve-racking process.
New rivals to David's have emerged, offering low prices, fewer frills and respite from a dress-shopping ritual that is often nerve-racking.
To follow that with this sort of single-minded exploration of sausage is a little bit nerve-racking, to be honest with you.
Fortunately, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet air defenses, acting on intuition, decided after nerve-racking minutes that it was a false alarm.
"It was a little nerve-racking at the time, but I realized it was probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," he says.
"It's exciting, but a little bit nerve-racking because it spins really fast and makes a loud noise like 'Reeeiiiinnnn'," Ms. Lesnek said.
As you can see in the video, witnessing a massive robot arm descend upon someone's skin with a needle is a little nerve-racking.
Robert HackenburgMastic, N.Y. To the Editor: Dear Mr. Brooks, It may not be as nerve-racking as you think to vote for Elizabeth Warren.
Giving your in-laws the perfect Christmas gift is a nerve-racking task, even more so when that certain family member is Queen Elizabeth.
Turns out, stripping down in front of a group of people is always nerve-racking – even when you look as good as Lea Michele.
The pressure to succeed is intense, and many describe the tests as a nerve-racking experience that often leaves students crying outside exam centers.
But first-time interactions can be nerve-racking, especially when you know the person you're meeting is judging your fitness to be their partner.
"For France as a brand, for luxury players, who are a major reason many people travel here, these are nerve-racking times," he added.
The stores were gone but the beauty hadn't yet appeared — only a savage terrain that seemed to stretch on for a nerve-racking distance.
"It's nerve-racking," said Mr. Del Cueto, who is a vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, a union, and works in Arizona.
So watching him play Ripley's game, so to speak, is more nerve-racking, since you have to be a heartless schemer to do it.
It's a puzzle of strange pleasures, a nerve-racking way of recalibrating how to look at the screen and the world outside the screen.
Even once you have decided that you can respond to a microaggression, knowing what to say or how to behave can be nerve-racking.
I originally listened to the podcast so I knew what was coming, but it still doesn't make the ending any less nerve-racking/satisfactory.
If you know you're going to have to do something nerve-racking, start thinking of a routine that would work for you, he says.
"It's a little nerve-racking," Mayor Matt Hall said, sitting next to the framed portrait of a sage grouse that hangs in his office.
"Luther Strange would have won in a landslide... Just too much crazy in nerve racking times," Drudge said Tuesday night in a rare tweet.
"It was pretty nerve-racking but I felt good," Kizzire said in a greenside interview after carding 633 to finish at 19-under-par 265.
I realized the only way I would be able to get out of my nerve-racking thought circles was to get reassurance from an expert.
The dance is super high-energy and fun, but there are a few things that have made this week more nerve-racking than past weeks.
As nerve-racking as it may be, both within the White House and beyond, the Trump-unbound phase of the presidency could prove politically effective.
He finds disruptions to his weekly routine on Queen Square "rather nerve-racking" and so tends to avoid other human beings at, say, international conferences.
Their unpredictability gives Refn's films a violence-chic, where the focus is always on the nerve-racking possibility of something terrible happening at any moment.
But she said she'd had some nerve-racking nights where she had to sleep on the side of the road and hope for the best.
But history has shown that once the team clears the nerve-racking single-game eliminator, it has every chance of making a deep playoff run.
Passages of soft, buzzing string tremolos — interlaced with pointillist squiggles and Messiaen-like bird calls — were almost more nerve-racking than the thick demonic eruptions.
In his new book, Marc Aronson focuses on a recent saga that was ultimately as heartening as it was, in its early stages, nerve-racking.
"It's nerve-racking," said Art Del Cueto, Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council, the estimated 18,000-member labor union for the Border Patrol.
It's nerve-racking and it's stressful and it's out-of-this-world different, and she's already won two and won here and she's playing great.
If conversation drifts to more nerve-racking topics, she suggests redirecting the anxious energy by asking questions like: What are you going to do today?
Even that step proved nerve-racking because there was no money to pay for security to prevent treasure hunters from damaging or destroying the mosaic.
RC: I'm an expert at dressing other people, but for the Oscars, I was my own client, so it was a little bit nerve-racking.
The National Park Service gave them a deadline of Thanksgiving to reach the top, so in early November they began a nerve-racking final push.
Exposing that process is a little nerve-racking, Ms. Davey and Ms. Bosman conceded, possibly opening them up to more than the usual second-guessing.
There's always a cloud of danger hovering over a work by Elizabeth Streb: It can be nerve-racking to watch but impossible to look away.
With the shallow depth of field and zoomed-in perspective, the legs loom large, and the procedure feels funny yet nerve-racking, even a bit monstrous.
That is turning the French primaries campaign into a nerve-racking contest: a race for the candidate best placed to defeat Ms Le Pen (see article).
One of the most nerve-racking moments I had was doing the alcohol documentary, Drinking to Oblivion, and we were in an apartment in south London.
"To be honest, it's not nerve-racking, because I know everything here is spick and span, you can you can eat off the floor," he adds.
The prospect of becoming a parent was nerve-racking enough without the additional expectations of what it would mean to have a daughter or a son.
At the beginning, [knowing we couldn't get back to Wuhan] was nerve-racking because this was our home where we created a life with our child.
NEW DELHI — One of the most nerve-racking moments for any world leader these days comes with these six words: President Trump is coming to town.
Yeah, Google's latest "ride" doesn't sound as exciting, but it's a bit nerve-racking as you're sliding down in front of CES attendees and photographers galore.
Drew Barrymore narrates some real-life first dates, all happening on one night and in the same Chicago restaurant, in this heartwarming and nerve-racking series.
It had been a nerve-racking day rehearsing a show with Secret Service agents on hand and even more celebrities and moving parts than usual, the ''S.
Sure, Moore is dealing with some pretty nerve-racking stuff lately, like defending herself against a lawsuit after a house guest drowned in her pool in 2015.
But they are also nerve-racking encounters with the potential to be incredibly awkward and disappointing, particularly if there is a disconnect between the visitor and artist.
Going on a first date with someone new can be a nerve-racking experience, but there are ways to make the most of the often awkward meeting.
The projected Final Four contenders Arizona, a No. 269 seed, and Virginia, the overall No. 210, were not toppled by buzzer-beaters or in nerve-racking finishes.
This is especially nerve-racking for policymakers, as low inflation has become a persistent problem in other developed economies, such as Japan and in much of Europe.
How long were we supposed to keep this up, enduring the nerve-racking trips to the bathroom, the tests, the bleeding, the screaming, the bouts of weeping?
New Yorkers who welcome strangers into their homes by becoming Airbnb hosts have found that the experience can be at turns nerve-racking, humorous and sometimes embarrassing.
And director Chris Chulack, who directed a lot of ER episodes and has a real sense for action, made the pilot's main set piece exciting and nerve-racking.
Reid and the professional swimmer, 34, tell PEOPLE that they're experiencing some "nerve-racking" feelings leading up to their baby girl's arrival, but they couldn't be more excited.
As anxious as I seemed going to visit these guys' hometowns, next week I'll be taking them into my family's home and it is just as nerve-racking.
With the abundance of contour kits and palettes on the market, choosing the right product can be just as nerve-racking as adding contouring to your makeup routine.
Just watching the two filleting experts go up against each other and up against the clock is nerve-racking, so it's understandable that Jenna's nerves got to her.
Talking in front of a large group of people, say at a TED Talk, can be quite a nerve-racking experience, even for the most seasoned of speakers.
Learning all the dances has been nerve-racking, but the reason I don't like this challenge is that it pits us all against each other more than normal.
Sooner or later a growing brick-and-mortar business begins to run out of space, and the transition to a larger one can be a nerve-racking process.
Their relationship adds gravitas and stakes to "Castle Rock," making it all the more nerve-racking to see Ruth standing atop a bridge, about to end it all.
Serial killers, broken families and heartbreaking lost or tortured children are among his specialties, and "The Sandman" is an adroitly nerve-racking book full of all those things.
"You're playing in front of 20143,000 people — it's a little nerve-racking," said Charlie Venticinque, the Police Department team captain who works as a detective in Queens Village.
Sometimes an opportunity for a detour or a change of plans will arise that you (or your travel companions) might think is silly or a little nerve-racking.
That this nerve-racking powerlessness could simply be bought off is among the most galling parts of the college admission scandal that exploded across the country last week.
The renovation also caused a leak in the bathroom downstairs — a nerve-racking problem, but one easily fixable by removing and replacing several tiles to repair a pipe.
Inviting a crowd to have so much control over your work can be somewhat nerve-racking but the element of performance is important to me in pieces like this.
Add a suspiciously alluring teenage daughter (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) and a possibly evil goat, and "The Witch" has all the right elements for a nerve-racking creepshow.
But sometimes those pre-appointment jitters are just impossible to shake — there's something undeniably nerve-racking about getting real (about our bodies no less) with someone we barely know.
As Blakey, 19, fed Mili leaves off of a branch, Hall removed the ring from the lanyard (after a few nerve-racking tugs), and dropped down on one knee.
"I hope my mom and dad will help me because, oh my gosh, that is going to be such a nerve-racking moment," she said of the live shows.
Click here to view original GIFWhat's more nerve-racking for a drummer: the prospect of falling onto a bunch of metal spears, or ruining a very expensive drum set?
Bitcoin's volatility, seen when it fell 20% within minutes on November 29th before rebounding, makes it both a nerve-racking store of value and a poor means of exchange.
Bringing a guy home to meet the family is always nerve-racking, but when that guy is Dillon King and that family is the Duggars, there's some added anxiety.
"It can be nerve-racking to count on something from a smaller company when they might get acquired by a competitor or might go out of business," he says.
This nerve-racking family ritual may be unremarkable for some, but is a life-changing moment for us, a privilege to follow passions and dreams yet to be discovered.
He even has a face-to-face interaction with a dolled-up clown ... and it's certainly nerve-racking to watch, especially as hands start to fly between these two.
How nerve-racking was it for you dealing with the weather conditions, considering there are very few interior scenes and you didn't want the film to look too sunny?
Kimball is merciless — with exquisite prose — in detailing the travails that beset her family; it's nerve-racking simply to read about problems that are unimaginable to most of us.
It's a little nerve-racking – I'm going to go do it five times up in the dressing room before we have to do it onstage in front of Jimmy Webb.
"It's nerve-racking because you want it to be perfect, but then you realize that you're going to be with the person you love forever and nothing else really matters."
A man involved in making Kanye West's Yeezy shoes seriously injured his leg, hand and head after an industrial machine fell on him ... according to the nerve-racking 911 call.
At the time, it felt awkward and nerve-racking (especially given how much I cared about Lauren), but now I realize it was all coming from a place of love.
But unlike most of his other outings this October, Game 1 included nerve-racking moments as Miller lacked his usual command and allowed an uncharacteristically high number of base runners.
The struggle to answer in French on Friday — he remains much more comfortable in English as a second language — looked a lot more nerve-racking than some of his matches.
Collins: Tribal council is one of the most nerve-racking moments of my life, but trying not to ruin a scene with Joshua Morrow and Joe Anglim is a close second!
In one of the last foreign-policy vestiges of the "one China" idea, China and Taiwan have similar claims in the South China Sea, a nerve-racking part of the globe.
It's nerve-racking going into this week because Sasha and I missed Tuesday rehearsal since I was traveling, and then we couldn't have rehearsal because of my events that I had.
"It was very nerve-racking when the scaffolding first came down because there was this moment of would it look any different from when we started," he told Reuters on Wednesday.
Handing off responsibilities can be nerve-racking, but the key to delegating work tasks is clearly explaining your expectations and making sure that you get the right person for the job.
Another angle: For students who have followed the rules of the college admissions process, now is the nerve-racking time of year when they wait to hear whether they've been accepted.
It has been a nerve-racking process — so many ideas, so many possible answers — but she has been buoyed by the support she has had from everyone she has talked to.
"It's a little nerve-racking when you see people in hazmat suits," he said, carrying a bag of the clothes he was wearing the day of the explosion to drop off.
Learning enough German to gain citizenship had been stressful, Massot, 29, said in an interview in November, describing it as more nerve-racking than performing in an arena before 15,000 people.
In the case of this particular Petite Malle, the operation is especially nerve-racking because the heavy rivets must be situated perfectly on the first try or risk marking the skins.
While the singer often speaks about the song's backstory at his concerts, the thought of sharing the intimate details of his difficult childhood on the big screen was nerve-racking at fist.
"The prevailing political uncertainty is clearly the most nerve-racking phase for Afghans, most of us are already battling depression and mental health issues," said artist Omaid Sharifi, who organized the project.
Yet her unpopularity is at the least liable to make the next three months more nerve-racking, given the disaster a Trump victory would represent for America, than they might otherwise be.
SYLVA APELIAN, NEW YORK To the Editor: After nerve-racking military threats and gestures between the United States and North Korea, our country should indeed consider economic strategies for defusing the conflict.
Salzburg's place in the group stages of this year's competition was confirmed early in May; there would be no need for another qualifying ordeal, no nail-biting, nerve-racking, late-summer playoff.
Because he regards his nerve-racking job with a certain sense of awe and his professional efforts with a degree of modesty, Harry is much more complicated than the conventional fearless hero.
Then, after a nerve-racking phone call, an intake worker at the Montreal Center for Anxiety and Depression played matchmaker based on my needs, and placed me with a clinical social worker.
Lady Gaga is one of our most gloriously talented pop stars, and one of the most nerve-racking, because you never know when her tango with good taste will dip into disaster.
TSA screening checkpoints can be particularly nerve-racking given families' recent experiences with high-security environments (and given that they're traveling with documents provided by ICE rather than standard American drivers' licenses).
LONDON — The first day of school at any age can be a nerve-racking experience, but Year 73s in particular face a doozy of a day — starting secondary school is no small moment.
Although it is a little nerve-racking not having any fittings or meetings in person, I know that everything they create is a work of art and my dress will be no different.
Because he's made at least four nerve-racking drives into town, twenty to twenty-five minutes each way, and he hasn't yet been bothered by the cops—so it must be the letter.
The experience is especially nasty if one's wait coincides with the prime-time shows hosted by those two almost indistinguishable fellows with the suety faces, bouffant coiffures and nerve-racking mezzo-castrato voices.
I'm used to it now though and we joke about it and have a laugh 🙂 It makes it nerve-racking for me but I can't imagine what it feels like for him.
With an extraordinarily deep and alien fatigue, blended with an extreme sense of humiliation, and a pitiful type of relief, we stopped after a long day of over ten hours of nerve-racking gambling.
I don't know, it's kind of exciting and also kind of nerve-racking to see how it's going to turn out or if you're going to hurt someone's feelings or step on someone's toes.
We only got two genetically sound embryos out of all of our rounds, so it was very nerve-racking going into this [transfer] because it was like, you only get two shots at this.
"I was nervous, for sure, because it's nerve-racking to take something totally personal and put it in front of the world, but I feel excited," she said while attending CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Relying on semi-autonomous networks of volunteers, they have had a nerve-racking few months, wondering whether their activists could stir themselves to rally for a candidate much less inspiring than Mr Obama was.
We only got two genetically sound embryos out of all of our rounds, so it was very nerve-racking going into this implantation because it was like, you only get two shots at this.
Loud MouthPresenting in front of a room filled with people, which is something I do most days, can be nerve racking, but there's this strength that I get from having a powerful beauty look.
They leapt out to a 103-210 series lead against the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks in the first round, only to have to weather a nerve-racking Game 2913 in St. Louis to advance.
What makes the idea of raising a child so nerve-racking is the fact that this kid is literally going to give me a lifetime's supply of chances to fuck his whole shit up.
A study by Harvard Business School researcher and assistant professor Alison Wood Brooks found that those who are able to see a nerve-racking situation as an opportunity and not a threat perform better.
Across Russia for the last month, fans (and journalists) have used translation apps for everything: asking for directions, chatting with taxi drivers, getting slightly nerve-racking haircuts, checking into hotels, making friends, even flirting.
Stephen, meanwhile, said that he had an idea how "nerve-racking" it was for his parents "to get settled into what this series is going to mean," yet he insisted they were not alone.
The subsequent nightmares, hallucinations and memories, not to mention a very real and very hungry stray dog, make for a nerve-racking cinematic experience that Mr. Flanagan handles with customary formal panache and wit.
But I keep coming back to one: Barbara Hannigan, the fearless soprano playing Ophelia, singing a keening tone while pounding her chest with her fist, summing up the character's instability with nerve-racking economy.
If you're looking for something a little less nerve-racking, since we all get plenty of that elsewhere these days, we also recommend books about literary translation, brain elasticity, colonial-era botany and more.
Yes, you can feel when your heart is beating fast after a run or a nerve-racking situation — but most of us aren't doctors and can't tell whether this is normal or an actual problem.
I'm so glad I decided to do that even though it was nerve-racking at the beginning because I've had so many people reach out and say, 'You've helped me so much with my journey.
And after Kerber survived a nerve-racking first set, she cruised through the second to beat seventh-seeded Roberta Vinci, 7-5, 6-0, in the quarterfinals of the United States Open on Tuesday afternoon.
Raising the money to put on the event, including paying Franklin's fee, turned out to be less nerve-racking than the six months back-and-forth of whether Franklin would actually perform, Paul told CNN.
Sports Writing Good sports writing brings readers directly to the action, so they can visualize the buzzer-beating 3-point shot, the game-changing interception or the nerve-racking back flip on the high beam.
But for galleries that are showing for the first time, it can be a nerve-racking experience that can feel like an enormous gamble in terms of expense, but also a huge opportunity in exposure.
But once we got started, it swiftly moved up to around 154 bpm and stayed there for the 20 minutes, regardless of whether I was doing deadlifts (my favorite movement!) or those nerve-racking rope climbs.
For many homosexuals, the experience of going to a gay bar for the first time was a nerve-racking one, but also one in which they finally felt accepted, finding those with the same horizontal identity.
During a recent appearance on The Jess Cagle Interview, the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them star discussed the exciting and nerve-racking process of selecting the key prop for his magizoologist character, Newt Scamander.
During a SiriusXM Town Hall with PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly's editorial director for The Jess Cagle Interview, Pratt weighed in on the nerve-racking scene and said he did his best to make things less awkward.
We've seen this playbook pay off for companies like Amazon and Netflix, but their success doesn't make it any less nerve racking – especially when you have thousands of employees that depend on you for their job.
After catching myself in the act a few times, I realized that the catalyst for my picking was normal everyday anxieties, whether it was being late to work or a nerve-racking season finale of Scandal.
Meeting your partner's family for the first time is often nerve-racking, but when you're a person of color who's dating a white person, that already stressful big step can become a whole lot more fraught.
As nerve-racking as it is to watch, "The Americans" makes Elizabeth's decision understandable from her perspective: If you believe this is a battle for the future of every child, how can you exempt your own?
Robert Gsellman then closed out the game in the bottom of the ninth, although the Mets' Dominic Smith made things a little nerve-racking with an error that allowed the leadoff hitter to get on base.
Mr. Porterfield also excels in depicting Keith's nerve-racking environment, a segregated neighborhood in which Keith has divided interests: Most of his friends, including his one-time girlfriend Courtney (the superb Zazie Beetz) are African-American.
A huge crowd at the iconic New York square was pulling for famed daredevil Nik Wallenda and his sister Lijana as they made the nerve-racking 733,300 foot crossing between 1 Times Square and 2 Times Square.
"This is for sure the longest runway I have ever walked in my life and by far with the most amount of people watching, so it is a little nerve-racking I must say," she told People.
Though the responsibility to match his children didn't come as a total shock — he remembers Mr. Moon talking about the transition — it was still a somewhat nerve-racking thought to reckon with as his son neared adulthood.
In another episode, Sutton goes to bat for herself by fighting for the job she wants and the salary she knows she deserves, even though having a tough conversation with her new boss is intimidating and nerve-racking.
"The thing that's so interesting is that my career is filled with nerve-racking, risky things, and I have a tendency to be like, 'That's scary, let's do it,' because that's just the person I am," she continues.
There is no telling what will happen at the Rio Games in August, but for most swimmers the most nerve-racking part is right now, when they are trying to make the team in the fiercely competitive trials.
Since iPad Pros are one of the strongest players in the market, they cost a pretty good amount of money — and holding an expensive iPad without a case is just as nerve racking as holding a newborn baby.
Some of those clients are now grappling with a secret, nerve-racking waiting game, while fellow parents openly gloat about cheaters getting their due or whisper about which high school senior might have benefited from some shady help.
"That may sound just like a nuisance, but when you're potentially touching something that has the virus that could kill you on it, and you're doing it 25 times a shift, it's kind of nerve-racking," he said.
"This is more nerve-racking than Maria because for Maria we were warned, and we were aware of what a hurricane coming through Puerto Rico would be like," said Harold Rosario, a spokesman for the mayor of Guánica.
That means that every cursed pimple that shows up right before a big interview, night out, first nerve-racking date, or big beach vacation could be dealt with, damage blessedly erased, before it could really make any difference.
While it can be nerve-racking to try and decode their vague responses, understanding what they actually mean can help you mentally prepare for the worst and, more importantly, know when it's time to start looking for other opportunities.
Anybody who has had a driving lesson will know that it's one of the most nerve-racking experiences a person can have next to a pregnancy scare and needing to poo 30 minutes into a six-hour Megabus journey.
" A successful candidate, he wrote, "must be a talented actor playing the part twenty-four hours a day, a role that comes at a cost of constant mental tension, and which is nerve-racking to the point of insanity.
That things came down to the wire for the N.F.L.'s hottest team against one that has now lost six of its last seven games was a result of one of the most nerve-racking performances of Prescott's career.
After a considerably nerve-racking flight — Mitchell rented a tablet from the flight crew and tried to focus on watching "Love Actually" to take his mind off what was happening — he made it to the hospital room in plenty of time.
While McNulty admits that she was "slightly anxious" to follow in the footsteps of Megan Follows — she played the original role of Anne Shirley — "it was more nerve-racking to be away from home than anything else," says the teen.
At the same time many Tory MPs and voters think Chequers concedes too much to the EU. In the end, a no-deal Brexit will probably be avoided, but the early months of next year could be quite nerve-racking.
Weitz said testifying about her experience in support of Utah's law in February was nerve-racking, especially because she expected there to be other women at the hearing at the state house with similar experiences, but she was the only one.
Medical students usually say that working with imaginary patients is more nerve-racking than working with real ones, partly because the sessions are videotaped and partly because examining people who aren't really sick forces the students to be actors as well.
" Though he was grateful for the invitation, Mr. Sotomayor said that the thought of visiting to his girlfriend's childhood home and seeing her mother for the first time since that cold meal in Boston 10 months earlier "was definitely nerve-racking.
For Effy Zhang, a 24-year-old reporter for one of China's biggest online news portals, the past few days have been exhausting, exhilarating and nerve-racking — because she is never sure her articles will pass muster with Beijing's censors.
A Series of Unfortunate Events takes place in creepy locales—Olaf's dilapidated home, Aunt Josephine's precariously built house on a cliff overlooking hurricane central, the dangerous and nerve-racking Lucky Smells Lumbermill—that are brought to life by the set design.
More remarkable: The second-act finale, which culminated in the Wallendas' trying a seven-person high-wire pyramid, the kind of act that is almost too nerve-racking to watch, even with an air mattress that could sleep 90 inflated below.
Haircuts are notoriously stressful experiences, but if you thought asking your stylist for a trim was nerve-racking, imagine how Timothée Chalamet felt after he was told he had to get a bowl cut for his role in The King.
In "Duel," a harassed Everyman played by Dennis Weaver (the sidekick in "Gunsmoke"), driving in the California desert and mountains, gets caught up in an increasingly nerve-racking competition for the road with a trucker whose face you never see.
MADRID (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic's hopes of a second Davis Cup title were dashed as Serbia suffered an excruciating defeat by Russia while Britain beat Germany to reach the semi-finals on a nerve-racking day in La Caja Magica on Friday.
" 'A big, comforting place' Going back to that place, Kyle said, is "more comforting than it is nerve-racking because there's so (many) people that been through a lot of stuff, and they've seen things, and we're all here for everyone.
It was so much fun, but very nerve-racking as it was live TV. We were told just before we went to air there would be millions of people in England watching this; who knew there would be even more worldwide in 2016.
Which leads us to the theories... Theory 1: His Heart Gets Broken… Again Colton laid his heart on the line during Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette, so putting himself out there yet again on national television is sure to be nerve-racking.
"I had all these elaborate plans you know and when I got the ring it was so nerve-racking having this ring like literally I felt like someone had given me a truckload of heroin to hold on to," Rogen joked on Conan.
Though I was guided through it by Clay Park VR founder and former Oculus developer relations specialist Shauna Heller, who produced the project, it was still nerve-racking to be inside this emergency room, responsible for saving the life of an infant.
" As for whether she's nervous about being on the other side of the stage, Ziegler admitted, "It'll be amazing but also kind of nerve-racking because I'm the only kid and I have to be on my best game at all time.
We didn't want to do a pizza pop-up and have the pizza be just OK. I had never done this volume of dough, so it was pretty nerve-racking to go from cooking three pizzas at a time to almost 50.
And while that proximity to the North might sound nerve-racking, the looming threat of war has been a constant reality for skaters in South Korea for years (although there has been a significant easing of tensions between the two countries recently).
While the most dramatic, mind-bending games are fun to watch on the couch or at the bar or in the stands, trying to capture the many late-game twists and turns as the final print edition deadline nears can be nerve-racking.
He landed double corks in all four directions: front left, front right, switch backward left and switch right, which basically means he spun ridiculously high and twirled in nerve-racking succession off the halfpipe banks as if he were on a frosty trampoline.
"It was quite nerve-racking," said Scott, who added that he was so wrung out at the end of each day that he would stay back at the hotel and soak in an Epsom salt bath while Dustin ventured out for dinner.
When Nassar and Kirkman stride down the hallway at the same time, they're bound together in pace and determination; their narratives are synced, and the tension is doubles as it builds to the nerve-racking encounters that eventually happen behind closed doors.
And it feels like the film Nolan was born to make, says Bilge Ebiri of the Village Voice ... The nerve-racking war thriller Dunkirk is the movie Christopher Nolan's entire career has been building up to, in ways that even he may not have realized.
One of the most nerve-racking moments of the night was going back into the house and talking to the group of 29 women, waiting to hear what I had to say because as much as I wanted to find love, so did they!
This version of the story of Will Graham's quest to capture the Tooth Fairy killer gets its teeth from the superb pairing of the cerebral Edward Norton against a roiling Ralph Fiennes, and is robust with psychological-horror thrills up until its nerve-racking finale.
From New Jersey to Kansas to Texas, the aftermath of the Florida high school shooting has turned the routine of going to class into a nerve-racking proposition, as schools have ordered new lockdown drills, beefed up security and in some cases closed down entirely.
After five nerve-racking minutes — electronic maps and screens were flashing as he held a phone in one hand and an intercom in the other, trying to absorb streams of incoming information — Colonel Petrov decided that the launch reports were probably a false alarm.
I couldn't pass the mirror in front of my elevator without doing the face-skin pull — a nerve-racking move because you never know when the elevator door will open and you have to pretend to be doing something socially acceptable, like squeezing a pimple.
" And observing the director's future wife, Kate Capshaw, playing "Spielberg's most nerve-racking version of the Shrieking Woman" in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," she concludes that "the tortures designed for the actress were excessive even by the standards of the time.
With anti-Semitism surging in Europe and the United States, the debate over how to vote in Britain's election has already rattled rabbinical conventions, strained friendships and started a war of letters in the left-wing press, as many Jews wrestle with nerve-racking options.
A story about Mr. Trump's management style in Politico Magazine this week makes for nerve-racking reading: As his business was going bust in the 1990s, it emerged that Mr. Trump didn't even have a chief financial officer — his lenders forced him to appoint one.
Better known as the Extremely Spunky Border Terrier, Jade is the hardest-working canine in puzzledom, in that she watches my every move with nerve-racking and laserlike precision on the off chance that I might be getting ready to give her something to eat.
The NBC sketch show just pulled back the curtain on the Hollywood magic with footage showing the amazing and nerve-racking task of transforming Emmy-winner Kate McKinnon from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to her botched mermaid character, Shud, over one commercial break between scenes.
" Upon hearing that Dr. Bowers and the surgical team hadn't completely figured out what approach they would take when it came to building Jazz's vagina, the teen said it was "a little bit nerve-racking because it just shows how tough of a case I am.
Because, as a woman, I maintain a bustling control center behind my thoughts where everything said to me is parsed for evidence of impending physical threats, I can quickly chalk up your lack of kk's to a microgenerational difference, and carry on with my nerve-racking life.
I'm not sure handing a stranger a coffee with a picture of your face on it is more normal or less nerve-racking than simply starting a conversation with him or her, but it's worth a try especially if the latter technique has yet to work out for you.
" He also wrote, "I was no good at this low work and hated the deception that went with it, which I found nerve-racking and disagreeable and made worse by the fact that it all seemed petty and pointless as well as an idiotic waste of public money.
After failing — publicly or privately — it can be nerve-racking to initiate a conversation about what happened with your co-workers or boss, particularly if you're still in the early stages of your career and don't feel confident that you have a lot of professional capital to work with.
Ms. Prohaska, quick to stress the help of the flying team and Mr. Sharon, mentioned one entrance in which she will descend from above while the stage floor is dropped to the basement level, leaving her dangling almost 60 feet above the nearest surface for one nerve-racking moment.
I also find that not very fun to shoot and actually kind of nerve-racking because it's harder to know what you have at the end of the day when you have 20 or 25 pieces for a scene and you have to know if it's going to match.
Several sequences look as if they're going to end badly, because the fearless Star has a nerve-racking habit of jumping into cars with strange men, but they always finish with her returning unscathed to the crew, with nothing much to show for her adventures except a few extra dollars.
The former rugby player, who wed Prince Harry's cousin Zara in 2011, was the first member of the family to speak out on the nearly year-long relationship between Harry, 32, and Markle, 36 — and he isn't worried about the actress despite the "nerve-racking" experience of dating a royal.
On Wednesday, following a nerve-racking few days debating additional amendments, the House of Representatives voted 149 to 43 in favor of Senate Bill 3, a measure aimed at legalizing a medicinal cannabis program for patients suffering from around 17 qualified conditions — a major move forward from the nature of the original proposal.
It is an exhausting and often nerve-racking job, but Grillo in particular scores some spectacular successes, notably his long conversation with a gunman for one of Kingston's most notorious or (depending on your point of view) celebrated drug lords, the appropriately named Christopher Coke, more commonly known in ­Jamaica as Dudus.
But despite the capricious nature of the task at hand — and some less than perfect outcomes — Hatton closed with steadying pars on his final seven holes, including the par-3 17th hole and the demanding 18th hole, both of which required nerve-racking shots to greens protected by long expanses of water.
"It is kind of nerve-racking, the amount of deaths that are happening," said Zereon Martinez, 23, an enlisted airman from San Antonio who serves on the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, as he walked to a restaurant for dinner with his girlfriend, Hayley Robbins, 23, also a crew member on the carrier.
"I'm inclined to think we'll reach some agreements and move forward... but certainly there's a lot of posturing and positioning, and it can be a little nerve-racking for investors who are wondering which companies and which countries might be affected and how," said John Carey, portfolio manager at Amundi Pioneer Asset Management in Boston.
Red Sox 22, Astros 6 | Boston leads series, 3-1 HOUSTON — On a day riddled with controversies and accusations over spying and illicit cameras, one notable illness and loads of offense, it was somehow fitting that four and a half hours of thrilling baseball would come down to one final, nerve-racking defensive play.
When we talked at the end of that stretch, she was as curious as anyone to see how the next few months would go, even as she allowed that it was nerve-racking to have the film coming so closely behind "Game of Thrones," given the scrutiny each — and by extension, she — would receive.
Though it was the most nerve-racking moment of my life, I said what I thought -- that the US needed to act, preferably with the involvement of Congress -- and right away, people started pointing to similarities between my answer and Barack Obama's public statements about whether Congress would let our country defend human rights in the Middle East.
Yankees 7, Indians 6, 11 innings CLEVELAND — The Yankees required more than four hours, 16 players, a bizarre play on the basepaths, an exquisitely timed substitution and a handful of nerve-racking escapes on Saturday to come away with a 7-6, 33-inning victory over the Cleveland Indians that left their clubhouse both drained and buoyant.
But just last month he had given up his seat to a girl, maybe six years old—the train was packed, and Michael was tapping on his phone, appearing busy so that he might avoid the pressing eye contact, when he spotted the girl, double-clutching her mother's arm, trying to remain calm among all these nerve-racking adults.
In less assured hands, that could end up playing like a gimmick or cheap gag, but thanks to Möller's staging, a script full of twists, and a compelling performance from lead actor Jakob Cedergren, it's a riveting, nerve-racking surprise — and it has a few things to say about how even the best intentions can lead to disturbing abuses of power.
It doesn't seem like a movie was ever made but the "Magnificent Seven" won gold in what must count as one of the most nerve-racking competitions, narrowly beating the Soviet team, back when there was still a frisson of Cold War in the air — oh, and when people didn't even blink at an imposing male coach screaming at his minuscule athletes.
David Chase used "Don't Stop Believin'" to nerve-racking effect in the last scene of the 2007 series finale of "The Sopranos"; when Mr. Perry refused to sign off on the show's use of the song until he was told how it would be used, he briefly became one of the few people in America who knew in advance how the show ended.
While a black mother, Kendra (Kerry Washington), and a white father, Scott (Steven Pasquale), wait at a Miami police station for news about their son, Jamal, who has gone missing after leaving home in his car, they relitigate their crumbling relationship, the particulars of which, when it comes to race, seem never to have occurred to them until this night, the most nerve-racking one of their lives.
" And recreating the role originated by Susan Sarandon in the 1975 cult-classic film is "obviously a little nerve-racking because it is such an iconic film and has such a cult following and people are obsessed with it," she admits, "but I think at the end of the day I was just really excited to be able to have this opportunity and have fun with it and bring my own performance to it.
The show's trademark jittery electronic music and off-center framing make her maiden voyage into solo cybercrime a nerve-racking affair, but it's not until she winds up at the Nuclear Regulatory Agency's Washington office — waiting alone for hours under the blank black eye of a security camera, until a suspiciously cheery agent tries to lure her into a closed room at the end of a long, isolated hallway — that the fear really kicks in.
Working from a script by frequent collaborator Paul Laverty, Loach ratchets up the tension with nerve-racking intensity Although the film is set in the dispiriting environs of Newcastle's most featureless neighborhoods, the filmmaker takes care to inject his own brand of warmth and humor: Fans of Loach's delightful 2009 comedy "Looking For Eric" will particularly appreciate a hilariously profane argument between Ricky, a die-hard Manchester United fan, with one of his customers.

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