exposed nerve
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A scientist colleague of mine recently told me about a painful exposed nerve in his tooth.
From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2023
As she thought about her Olympics to come, she was nothing short of an exposed nerve.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2022
But the VW campaign seemed to touch some kind of exposed nerve in America.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2021
Some of the spinal damage is caused by amniotic fluid, which turns increasingly toxic to the exposed nerve tissue as the pregnancy progresses and the fetus passes more and more wastes into the fluid.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2017
Very naively, in her letter to Balzac, in her criticism she acknowledged the fact that the author had touched an exposed nerve, and this helped to take the sting out of her condemnation.
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