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Stage Fright is the third studio album by Canadian -American group the Band released in 1970. Much more of a rock album than its predecessors, it was a departure from their previous two efforts in that its tone was darker and featured less of the harmony ...

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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But then, she recalled wryly, nor had stage fright . ▪ Den suffered terribly from stage fright and had some real moments of crisis which of course never showed from the front. ▪ Early attacks of stage fright were cured by a thimbleful ...

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n. (context uncountable English) A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; uncertainty; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.

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Stage fright \Stage fright\ Nervousness felt before an audience.

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n. fear that affects a person about to face an audience