1) The union has been fighting a war of nerves with the management over pay.

2) In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue.

3) The war of nerves between police and the barricaded guerrillas has escalated in recent days.

4) He was engaging in a war of nerves with her, Isabel realised at last, but he didn't remember.

5) Perhaps, though, it was all part of a war of nerves.

6) For almost a year they had waged a war of nerves on their neighbours; now it was to be war in earnest.

7) When passing through enemy territory, some of the more ingenious postmen conducted a war of nerves against Chiang's troops, distributing hand bills and writing news of Communist army victories.