raw nerve

Example Sentences

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Cortellesi, who directed the movie, said her work swept up audiences “beyond the ordinary, precisely because, as I have been saying, it hit a raw nerve in the lives of everybody.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

For many Arabs this hits a raw nerve.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022

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

Hard scales brush past my raw nerve endings.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman