nervous wreck
An individual suffering from extreme agitation or worry, as in Pat was a nervous wreck until her mother arrived at the wedding. This expression is nearly always used hyperbolically. [Colloquial; c. 1900] Also see basket case.
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How to use nervous wreck in a sentence
While Bacall seems like a paragon of cool confidence in the final product, she was a nervous wreck on set.
I was a nervous wreck after sending and did not expect a reply.
Joshua DuBois’s Daily Devotionals for Obama Are Now a Book | Joshua DuBois | October 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI poured so much into the book and I was a nervous wreck while waiting to hear what my editor thought.
McCord himself showed evidence of the hardships he has passed through, being almost a nervous wreck.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousHer new husband, who is apparently even more miserable without than with his wife, is a nervous wreck.
Modernities | Horace Barnett Samuel
Three minutes in which he must reduce this stalwart fellow to a trembling, nervous wreck.
Gunman's Reckoning | Max BrandAnd now Lady Blanche beheld her child crushed and broken, a nervous wreck, before her life had truly begun.
Lady Rose's Daughter | Mrs. Humphry WardI'm a nervous wreck, almost getting carted off to God knows where like that.
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