Examples of 'hit a nerve' in a sentence
Meaning of "hit a nerve"
hit a nerve: To say something that strongly affects or upsets someone emotionally. It can also refer to touching on a sensitive topic or triggering a strong reaction
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- Alternative form of touch a nerve
How to use "hit a nerve" in a sentence
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hit a nerve
I must have hit a nerve with you.
Tom sensed that he would hit a nerve.
She had hit a nerve that night.
She realized she had hit a nerve.
I would hit a nerve with him.
You must have really hit a nerve.
I really hit a nerve with them.
But the fact that it hit a nerve is.
And he hit a nerve there.
Your book appears to have hit a nerve.
It seems to have hit a nerve within society.
I guess the subject matter hit a nerve.
Their statements hit a nerve with the prosecutor.
But this statement instantly hit a nerve.
I think you hit a nerve there.
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I came across something that hit a nerve.
This one might hit a nerve with some.
This video of a mother of four hit a nerve.
I must have hit a nerve with one of those articles in there.
I think that article hit a nerve in you.
I hit a nerve there.
This post seems to have hit a nerve.
It hit a nerve cluster.
Roscoe really hit a nerve here.
Could be a publicity stunt or he could have really hit a nerve.
Must have hit a nerve.
Hit a nerve or something.
I thought you wanted to hit a nerve.
It just hit a nerve in me.
Dentist once in montreal hit a nerve.
I have hit a nerve.
The whole thing just kind of hit a nerve.
You did hit a nerve.
That last paragraph seems to have hit a nerve.
Guess he hit a nerve.
But clearly this little contest has hit a nerve.
The statement hit a nerve and awakened many who tried to contact him.
I guess that really hit a nerve.
You showing me this hit a nerve and I ended up being mean to you.
I knew that it had hit a nerve.
And maybe it could have hit a nerve among the growing American Kpop fans.
Several hundred ideas submitted prove that this competition hit a nerve.
The book has hit a nerve.
I clearly hit a nerve when I talked about lynn and I did not mean to make you uncomfortable.
I think you just hit a nerve.
I seemed to have hit a nerve with the first person I talked to.
You seem to have hit a nerve.
The book hit a nerve in our high-tech civilisation.
But they still hit a nerve.
You have hit a nerve no one knew existed, except for us.
