I was chatting nervously to everybody around me.

The small crowd of reporters and cameramen dissolved and straggled off across the concrete apron, leaving only a nervously chatting group of officials to wait for Drax to emerge.

The players were chatting nervously.

Catherine led the way to the elevator, chatting nervously as she escorted her guests inside.

The theater lobby was full of children and adults, chatting nervously, drinking water or just staring into space.

By noon, the center's parking lot was jammed, and residents, ranging from pre-schoolers to the elderly, chatted nervously inside, waiting for the race to begin.

They waited and chatted nervously.

They greeted friends and chatted nervously about the trial.

The two generals chatted quietly and nervously in the rear, their conversation masked by engine sounds.

They checked their watches, tried to read newspapers, chatted nervously when they bumped into each other.