stage fright
nounDefinition of stage fright
: nervousness felt at appearing before an audience
Examples of stage fright in a Sentence
She got over her stage fright by the second act.
I get stage fright whenever I have to speak in front of a large group of people.
Recent Examples on the Web
This was a man who had admirers in the millions and the power to make U2 do his bidding, and yet still experienced stage fright and loneliness on the road. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Fuller picture of opera star emerges from Ron Howard’s ‘Pavarotti’ (review)," 17 June 2019 Belting out tunes in the street and playing his guitar eventually helped Alejandro get over his fear of stage fright. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "What 'American Idol' Didn't Tell You About Alejandro Aranda’s Past," 15 Apr. 2019 The fact that Cabello actually grew up to be a singer, however, still seems pretty miraculous because, for most of her childhood, Cabello suffered from intense stage fright. — Kimberly Cutter, Marie Claire, "The Other Side of Camila Cabello," 14 Nov. 2018 The age-old advice of overcoming stage fright is to picture everybody in their underwear. — Robert Cocuzzo, Town & Country, "Ahem, Is Thing Thing On? A Gentleman's Guide to Best Man Speeches," 25 Apr. 2016 Standing offstage, Victor Manuel Ruiz, age 17 and wearing braces, practically trembled with stage fright. — Leila Cobo, Billboard, "Victor Manuelle Talks Spicing Up His Salsa on '25/7' With Latin Urban Sounds," 26 Mar. 2018 The Warriors certainly didn’t suffer from stage fright. — Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com, "Glory Days: Goshen baseball loomed large, delivered a 1958 state championship," 10 May 2018 But Cardi used a common stage fright technique of picking a blank spot in the crowd. — Shanté Honeycutt, Billboard, "9 Takeaways From Cardi B's Beats 1 Interview," 6 Apr. 2018 Crowd scenes worked well, with director Alexander drawing a wonderful playful energy from the Philadelphia Boys Choir, while the third act’s boy soloist, Cameron Bowden, showed none of the stage fright that often comes with young performers. — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, "Love 'Tosca'? Philadelphia Orchestra's staging doesn't disappoint," 13 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stage fright.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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