nerve-jangling in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Brilliant, nerve-jangling, it turned the mismatched-cops genre on its head.
www.theglobeandmail.com
It starts weeks before and gradually reaches its nerve-jangling climax at kick-off.
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It's about the panic, the terror, the denial of safe space, the nerve-jangling sense that they might hit any place at any time.
www.telegraph.co.uk
It's loud and boisterous to a nerve-jangling point.
www.independent.ie
As tiny hatchling lizards break through their shells, hundreds of snakes pour through cracks in a cliff face triggering a life-or-death sprint for survival, accompanied by a nerve-jangling orchestral score.
www.telegraph.co.uk
It promised nerve-jangling horror and a strong sense of religious terror in all who beheld it.
www.denofgeek.com
These could be either small in scale (tolerated) or big (positively nerve-jangling at management level).
theconversation.com
I was held hostage to the relentless, nerve-jangling wailing of my inconsolable infant.
www.dailymail.co.uk
They overcome obstacles and perform nerve-jangling escapes before surveying the landscape under knitted brows and setting off again.
www.bbc.co.uk
He also created nerve-jangling suspense.
www.telegraph.co.uk

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