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
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
“Botulinum toxin poisons the nerve ending and the result is that it relaxes the muscles. But it doesn’t usually work instantaneously. It takes a day or two.”
From The Guardian • May 16, 2015
Every nerve ending on my skin felt like it was on fire.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
