raw nerve
Example Sentences
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Such comments strike a raw nerve in Israel, a country established as a haven for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024
She attributed the movie’s widespread popularity to “having touched a raw nerve in the country.”
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 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
For the most part, “Fall” works because it plucks on the same raw nerve, over and over.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022
Like an exposed raw nerve, he just stands there, holding that bizarre hybrid terror tool, and I realize that thing is the physical manifestation of everything he fears.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
