Waiting for the final exam results was nerve-racking for everyone.

The weeks leading up to the trial were a nerve rack for him, leaving him sleepless and exhausted.

The museum displayed an iron nerve-rack once used to intimidate prisoners.

The surgeon carefully examined the nerve racks before the delicate nerve grafting procedure.

Tour guides refused to enter the catacombs where the nerve-racks were said to still creak at night.

The nerve-racked students waited silently outside the exam hall.

She waited nerve-rackingly for the exam results, checking her email every few minutes.