nerve ending

Example Sentences

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"It made every nerve ending in your body stand on end," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2022

In the second type of sensory transduction, a sensory nerve ending responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment: this neuron constitutes the sensory receptor.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

For what Ms. Piper achieves is an anatomy of an obsession that, layer by layer, peels off one woman’s skin until every nerve ending is mercilessly exposed.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2018

I thought maybe some nerve ending in my thigh had become so habituated to the vibration that it had gone into permanent iPhone spasm.

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

And when I felt like I could not take it one more minute, the swirl of sensations hit a dizzying crescendo, sending every nerve ending in my body on high alert.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman