Stagefright

Word STAGEFRIGHT
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Definitions and meanings of "Stagefright"

What do we mean by stagefright?

A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.

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The word "stagefright" in example sentences

I discussed a number of tools for dealing with stagefright, and there I was with a loud hum going off in my brain and shaky hands. ❋ Ruth Gerson (2010)

Personally speaking, I detest speaking in front of people, I get horrible stagefright, so I can certainly understand how nerve-wracked she must feel in interviews. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You could picture the dentist in his/her underwear … Or maybe that only works for stagefright. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And it's giving me total bar mitzvah stagefright because I didn't know people gave speeches and stuff and I am a floundering Jew anyway. ❋ Becca (2009)

All of us prone to stagefright or whose IQs tend to drop doing public speaking can now have a moment of silence for poor Texas State Senator Kirk Watson (D-TX), whose mind went blank while being interrogated by Chris Matthews. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I just read the report on stagefright in the New Yorker for August 28, 2006. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Perhaps you have to risk the terrible abandonment and terror of stagefright to achieve that “dazzling sense of potential!” ❋ Unknown (2006)

“Petrified,” by John Lahr, reports on disastrous attacks of stagefright on various actors, and quotes many actors and writers trying to describe the effects. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Some performers drink to give themselves courage; some pop beta-blockers; some meditate or practice various other tension-reducing exercises; some play inspirational videos in their dressing rooms; some, like Charles Rosen, simply see stagefright as an inevitable and appropriate result of a virtuoso's perfectionism. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I still vividly recall the day Paul Wells linked to a post I wrote -- I had stagefright for two days. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I'm vomiting all day long with fear, stagefright, whatever it is. ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

I must stay in the "just for fun" mode, instead of self-conscious stagefright! ❋ Wench77 (2003)

Hard to sing nicely when your voice is all squeeky from stress and stagefright!! ❋ Wench77 (2003)

It was really like someone experiencing stagefright. ❋ V.C. Andrews (2002)

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