raw nerve
Example Sentences
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Chatting with Park, 38, and Stella, 20, it’s clear how they are able to hit that raw nerve, in part because it feels like you are talking to two versions of the same person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
From the moment her debut album, “The Lion and the Cobra,” appeared in 1987, O’Connor — whose death was announced on Wednesday — flaunted raw passion and raw nerve.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
But it is for some a raw nerve - and the US decision will touch that.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2022
This sentiment, fast resonating across India, has already touched a raw nerve.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Galton’s talk might not have generated the effusive endorsement that he had expected—he later groused that his audience was “living forty years ago”—but he had obviously touched a raw nerve.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
