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raw nerve
noun as in soft spot
Example Sentences
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.
But those plans have touched a raw nerve with some environmentalists, who distrust government agencies and accuse them of favoring logging over conservation.
You hosted a couple of interesting interview shows, “William Shatner’s Raw Nerve” and “William Shatner’s Brown Bag Wine Tasting,” on which your guests included people from ordinary life — a butcher, a cheese monger, a magician, a cosplayer.
Such comments strike a raw nerve in Israel, a country established as a haven for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust.
Such comments strike a raw nerve in Israel, a country established as a haven for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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