Collocations for nervousness - noun
ADJECTIVE
extreme,
great
There has been great nervousness about the future.
There has been great nervousness about the future.
increasing
slight
initial
slight
initial
VERB + nervousness
feel
betray, show, show signs of
She managed to speak without betraying her nervousness.
betray, show, show signs of
She managed to speak without betraying her nervousness.
cover,
cover up,
hide
She laughed to hide her nervousness.
She laughed to hide her nervousness.
overcome
sense
I could sense his nervousness.
sense
I could sense his nervousness.
PREPOSITION
from nervousness
I was babbling from nervousness.
I was babbling from nervousness.
out of nervousness
He found himself chattering away out of nervousness.
He found himself chattering away out of nervousness.
nervousness about
her nervousness about working with children
her nervousness about working with children
nervousness at
He felt some nervousness at the prospect of meeting her.
He felt some nervousness at the prospect of meeting her.