War of ___ (psychological conflict)

Usage examples of nerves.

He could only wait, hunched up under the thickly crossed branches, passive when his nerves strained for action.

Kai practiced the Discipline breathing that calmed nerves, and exerted the strength of patience on an over active imagination.

In the bunker, the air was full of a crackling tension, louder to the nerves than the burning forest was to the ears.

She could appreciate their sensations as long-unused nerves and limbs began to respond to mental dictates.

Varian swore she could feel the nerves at the base of her spine untwist.

She swallowed hard, licking her lips nervously, still unsure of her position, having steeled her nerves for something unpleasant.

One which extended deep in the area controlling the optic nerves, for the psyche transfer was triggered by this portion of the human brain.

You have no working nerves, sensory or motor control, below your neck.

You know, when Ganglicide goes into its gaseous form it attacks nerves and brain synapses.

Qualia Benton demanded in the fretful, shrill tone to be expected from an old soak whose nerves were jangling for just one more drink.

I was so damn bored, and those croaking noises they make got on my nerves, so I started trying to teach a couple of them ASL.

Pain jagged along Guiyon's nerves in sympathy with the overstressed fabric of the ship.

Too many nerves had been shattered by the holocast record of the floggings.

Frozen, Carialle felt panic rise, not stopping it as it turned her nerves to barbed wire.

The siren's discordance chewed away at her nerves until she was tapping her foot with impatience, mentally urging Bisman to hurry and get out of there.