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nervenaufreibend (adj)
   nerve-racking (-wracking), unnerving

Vier lange Tage, vier Nächte und sieben nervenaufreibende Partien gegen Deutschlands beste Jugendmannschaften mussten fünf junge Schachspielerinnen warten, ehe sie den ersten nationalen Titel erkämpft hatten.
Five young female chess players had to endure four long days, four nights and seven nerve-racking matches against Germany's best youth team before they had won their first national title.
Vorübergehend wurde er sogar unter Personenschutz gestellt. "Es war nervenaufreibend", erinnerte er sich hinterher.
He was even temporarily given personal security. "It was nerve-racking," he recalled afterwards.
Doch nach einigen nervenaufreibenden Stunden und großer Anteilnahme von Feuerwehrexperten...
But after several nerve-racking hours and a great deal of active participation by expert fire fighters…

Related:
der Nervenkrieg war of nerves
angespannt tense
qualvoll agonizing, harrowing, torturous
spannungsgeladen tense; thrilling
spannungsreich tense

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