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Definition of "nervous-looking" []

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nervous-looking" in a sentence
  • "A slender, nervous-looking woman with long blond hair and hip faded blue jeans said, I had to really rethink my social life when Hannah was born."
  • "The tense silence was broken by Dave Posner, a young, nervous-looking CIA analyst in an ill-fitting suit, who raised his hand tentatively as he spoke."
  • "During the procedure, apropos of nothing, she asks a nervous-looking April, "So, when are you going to have sex with a man?""