Nervier

Since then, Coco has developed into something nervier and the reggae has been overshadowed by synth-driven rock: comparisons with the Killers would be more apt. ❋ Killian Fox (2010)

I was among the nervier kids, I'd say, and there was also a vicious side to me. ❋ Charles, Ray, 1930-2004. Cn (1978)

"It would take a nervier gang than Arizona owns to try and rob this outfit," and Blake looked complacently around among the shadowy forms of the troopers flitting about the bivouac. ❋ Charles King (1888)

The song's reverberant creep does something right for Ms. Rae's light, curling voice, which has rarely sounded nervier. ❋ By NATE CHINEN (2011)

Cooper's performance suggests a nervier, nastier movie than the one we get. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The younger, nervier of the two, Danny defers to the more experienced Vic, who acts with a steely conviction. ❋ FlicksNews.net (2010)

But the Bulldogs led 3-0 and gave up two unassisted goals in 2: 59 early in the third to make things a little nervier than they might have liked. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He lifted the WGC-CA Championship in Miami by a much more comfortable four-shot margin two weeks ago and this was a far nervier affair. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He could have given the picture the craziness and explosive wit it lacks now and needs; he might have been faithful, but in his fashion, and nervier. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Yes Men Fix the World, they ramp up the stakes along with the production values, yielding a slicker, nervier film that's also - unexpectedly - more sincere. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the New York Times says about the film in a piece entitled, Young Girls and their Bodies, All for the sake of Art: “The line between cinematic art and exploitation has rarely seemed finer and nervier” But since it is a theme few women need or want articulated and since so many men simply fail to get the point, not to mention accepting responsibility for the demands and fantasies in the first place, then this falls back to what a French Film forum asks; “Is Innocence a film for pedophiles?” ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2006)