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Collocations for nervousness - noun

ADJ.

considerable, extreme, great
With great nervousness she followed him.
increasing | slight | initial

VERB + NERVOUSNESS

feel | betray, show (signs of)
She managed to speak without betraying her nervousness.
cover, hide
She laughed to hide her nervousness.
overcome | sense
I could sense his nervousness.

PREP.

from ~
I was babbling from nervousness.
out of ~
He found himself chattering away out of nervousness.
~ about
her nervousness about working with children
~ at
He felt some nervousness at the prospect of meeting her.

PHRASES

a sign of nervousness
Adjusting your tie is often a sign of nervousness.

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