nervewrack

English

Noun

nervewrack (plural nervewracks)

  1. Alternative form of nerve rack
    • 1961, Borrow the Spring: Poems, page 19:
      Brother to those who dare the diving tower, the pole, the nervewrack of trapeze; all flirting with people's fear walking the rope with ease.
    • 1962, U S A 1: Monthly News and Current History - Volume 1, page 49:
      But rising costs, a dearth of good material available with stars, the persistent nervewrack of keeping up a good relationship with the community, make their jobs little more than an exercise in indomitable hope.
    • 1980, Poetry Northwest - Volumes 21-23, page 19:
      Or has old nervewrack thrown open the windows and knocked the mementoes on the floor, poured the sleepingpills in the toilet, tugged on the doorknob?
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