Synonym: bravado, courage, daring, mettle, stamina, strength. Antonym: unnerve. Similar words: serve, serve as, reserve, observe, observer, preserve, nervous, intervention. Meaning: [nɜrv /nɜːv] n. 1. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body 2. the courage to carry on 3. impudent aggressiveness. v. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant.
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151. But Becker held his nerve and took the set in just 38 minutes.
152. More effective drugs had their origin in the basic research on chemical transmission of nerve impulses described in chapter 4.
153. He thinks the stem cells and immature nerve cells are attracted to these signals.
154. Somehow the real Neil, an authentic voice, emerges from all those nerve cells.
155. Once the impulse is transmitted, the nerve segment recovers to its original state, ready for a new impulse.
156. It was a love letter, it was what she wanted and would she have the nerve to deliver it?
157. He is very ambitious and will work on his nerve more than is right.
158. Only one investor found the nerve to find fault with what the vast majority considered to be an excellent performance in 1991.
159. Robert Jenkins continues to play left tackle, as Harlow recovers from a nerve problem that affects his hip and back.
160. With the viral reactivation, inflammatory changes occur in dorsal root ganglia and nerve roots.
161. The essence was there in all its hideous implication. Nerve gas tests with human tissue.
162. His wife, Susan, sustained a permanent nerve pinch in her back, and Ellison was shaken to his core.
162. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
163. First of all, the brain controls many bodily functions, either directly via nerve impulses or indirectly via hormones.
164. A second crucial development was the discovery that nerve cells are spontaneously electrically active.
165. In her nerve tissue, nevertheless, the aversion to untouchables continued to twitch.
166. But then perhaps few have the nerve to speak up with their unit commander and two captains looking on.
167. Mr Fraser says many businesspeople feel a sense of betrayal at the Government's loss of nerve over the euro.
168. Hypothyroidism may affect equilibrium by its effect on the eighth cranial nerve and on the peripheral nerves.
169. He's got a nerve to make such comments, Lucy told herself crossly.
170. At intervals along its length groups of nerve fibres emerge from the spinal column to connect with the peripheral nervous system.
171. And much of the liquid used to simulate nerve gas at the test site was contained by the wooden crates.
172. The trouble was, they did not have the nerve to act.
173. The Vienna doctors say that D-proline is neurotoxic, which means that it can kill brain and other nerve cells.
174. Of course, she should have somehow found the nerve to divorce him ages ago.
175. I can't believe he had the nerve to show up at the party after what he said about Janet.
176. Some think the diet changes the rate at which electrically charged particles called ions cross the lipid membranes of nerve cells.
177. But please hurry up if you want to avoid the nerve damage and deformity that result from long-term exposure to the germ.
178. In the same way, nerve cells in the spinal cord show activity whenever a particular movement is made by the arm.
179. Whether this was congenital, stemmed from growing up around a grocery store, or nerve induced, she sometimes wondered.
180. Sphingomyelin is found in large amounts in brain and nerve tissue.
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