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
She attributed the movie’s widespread popularity to “having touched a raw nerve in the country.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
The humanitarian tragedy of some 100,000 Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan with a predominantly Armenian population, followed a brutal military operation last month and touched a raw nerve in Europe.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Beyond the pain felt by the families of the murdered women, the issue has touched a raw nerve in the city and beyond.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
Hard scales brush past my raw nerve endings.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
