I was so thrilled about being human it took half a day for…

One day we'll all look back on this, laugh nervously, and change the subject.

— Ash Sweeney

“though her gaze kept tracking nervously to the blue sky framed by the dome, expecting any minute steeply banking wings there, fire or smoke.…

— David G. Hartwell

“Faced with the Real World, she clung nervously to old remembered rules, and had no one but herself to rebel against.”

— Arundhati Roy

“Like a mare scenting a stallion, she shifted nervously.”

— Anna Campbell

“Did you hear it?" "Just about," I said, trembling nervously. "That's not good enough." She frowned. "Just about will kill you.”

— Darren Shan

“He finished his food quickly and then nervously looked from person to person. I could tell that he wanted to ask a question, so…

— J.D. Vance

“new member crew that he busied himself nervously from station to station, no doubt overwhelmed by Mach’s reputation as rogue number one. He ignored…

— A.C. Hadfield

“I know you don’t….” He shook his head and glanced up at the stark white wall across the way from his cell, starting over.…

— Abigail Roux

Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.

— Catherine Goldhammer

“look up again. Ethan is smiling nervously at me. He’s typing without looking.”

— Julie Buxbaum

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload…

— Johannes Brahms

Tug looked nervously at his master. Horses aren't supposed to fly, he seemed to be saying.

— John Flanagan

“That’s right, your precious groom, the one that you’d rather believe than me, came on to me.” “What did he do to you?” he…

— River Laurent

When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which…

— Helen Keller

Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.

— Terry Pratchett