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nerve-shredding
a. (context idiomatic English) suspenseful
Usage examples of "nerve-shredding".
Maarken listened for alarms from the Vellanti camp that would mean discovery, but there was only the incessant, nerve-shredding rattle.
But after several steep climbs and nerve-shredding descents through the Veresch, Pol was looking forward to a rest.
Its front paws scrabbled at the flagstones for a nerve-shredding moment then Olret brought the butt of the staff down to stave in its skull.
With another nerve-shredding scrape, Ryshad let the slab fall back into place and we were wrapped in total darkness.