raw nerve

Example Sentences

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Miraculously enough, our book hit a raw nerve in Chilean society.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 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

And in 2017, a viral video of the son of a prominent lawmaker crediting his career success to “great genes” touched a raw nerve among those with fewer connections and more troubles.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

For the most part, “Fall” works because it plucks on the same raw nerve, over and over.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 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