touch/strike/hit a raw nerve

phrase

: to hurt or upset a person or people

The article touched/struck/hit a raw nerve.

Examples of touch/strike/hit a raw nerve in a Sentence

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The issue has hit a raw nerve when many people are feeling a sense of insecurity from China’s real estate downturn and sputtering consumer economy. — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025

The remark underscores the importance of careful diplomacy and respect for sovereignty, especially in Latin America, where these insensitive statements strike a raw nerve. — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

Such comments strike a raw nerve in Israel, a country established as a haven for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust. — NBC News, 19 Feb. 2024

But comments made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have hit a raw nerve. — Hadas Gold, CNN, 4 May 2022

And given that my mother is a two-time breast cancer survivor, that potential truth, whether conclusive or not, hit a raw nerve. — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2021

The horrifying video of George Floyd being slowly strangled to death hit a raw nerve in the black community, which has endured decades of these kinds of atrocities, as well as an exponentially greater amount of less-lethal abuses. — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 9 June 2020