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Adjective
nerve-shredding (comparative more nerve-shredding, superlative most nerve-shredding)
- (informal) Suspenseful.
1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:The interior of an active diesel locomotive's engine compartment was the nerve-shredding inferno I had imagined, intensified because the bulk of the violently drumming power plant hems you so close to it.
2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2”, in Guardian Online:His side could find dignity in defeat after they subjected Manchester City to a nerve-shredding finale but the Premier League's second-placed team still advanced to the fourth round and a tie against Notts County that Roberto Mancini will hope will be much more straightforward.
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