hypersensitive
Example Sentences
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The other hand is hypersensitive, with frequent nerve pain and uncomfortable sensations at the slightest touch.
From Washington Post
And she's hypersensitive to sound and smell, which can make being in busy or noisy places difficult.
From BBC
Researchers speculate that respiratory infections may cause lingering damage to airways or trigger hypersensitive immune and inflammatory processes, although — as with so many aspects of asthma — those hypotheses await further evidence and understanding.
From Washington Post
In a telling indicator of how closely the panel’s endeavor is being watched in Beijing, China’s hypersensitive Foreign Ministry issued a blistering statement accusing the panel of operating with a “zero-sum Cold War mentality.”
From Washington Post
I also am very, very, very hypersensitive to the set feeling like one thing, and I've never really done that.
From Salon
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