Nervous
Nervous adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
Sedate
Sedate adjective - Free from emotional or mental agitation.
Usage example: her expression remained sedate as I told her the bad news
Both words in one sentence
- Captain Robbins figures they are both on the verge of nervous breakdown and has them hospitalized, with instructions to the doctors to sedate them.
Source: Film / Night of the Ghouls
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