How to Use hit/strike/touch a nerve in a Sentence

hit/strike/touch a nerve

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• My intention was for each piece to hit a nerve with the person wearing it.
  — Miles Socha, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
• Something about them and something about that story really hit a nerve.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2022
• Austin Adams’ on-field celebration at their expense hit a nerve.
  — Tim Britton, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
• For Opel, who had been fired from education jobs, the Briggs Initiative hit a nerve.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Tapestry became a whole new kind of pop blockbuster, a confessional statement that hit a nerve with fans, staying on the charts year after year.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024
• Dating in a picturesque tropical villa seems to always strike a nerve, but emotions will run especially deep for these couples.
  — Calie Schepp, EW.com, 10 May 2023
• His disgust with fictionality hit a nerve among American writers.
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010
• Following Barbie’s release, Gloria’s monologue hit a nerve with women worldwide.
  — Erica Marrison, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
• But, regardless of how Winning Time drove it home, the death of Larry's dad hit a nerve in its viewers that could be a sign of where the show is going in the future.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• Skipping forward in two 12-year intervals, the film asks questions about love, time and geographic barriers that strike a nerve in all manner of viewers.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• Yet like Britney’s album, Swag turned out to be a brilliant gimme-more career peak that hit a nerve with the audience, both culturally and creatively.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2025
• Memories of being confined to their homes and of panic buying that in some areas led to food shortages remain fresh in people’s minds and the idea of a return to Covid-style measures appears to have hit a nerve.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
• After the cheery foot massage, though, Behar appeared to hit a nerve with the 53-year-old during a discussion about his potential run for office in his home state of Texas.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• Knowing that many feel passionately about the brand, particularly after Westwood’s death, the show on Saturday appeared to touch a nerve.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• While Kyte Baby’s actions appear to have been legal, its handling of the employee’s request seems to have hit a nerve with its customer base of parents — including some with preemies of their own.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• Libra September 23-October 22 A criticism that was meant to be constructive can strike a nerve for you.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
• The destruction of a portion of the White House’s East Wing to create the ballroom has hit a nerve among critics, who view it as an overhaul of a historic building for a flashy pet project.
  — Tara Suter, The Hill, 22 Oct. 2025
• His article hit a nerve, and urban activists were inspired to create the Stop de Kindermoord campaign organization.
  — Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• Its theme really hit a nerve with audiences, created a real cultural conversation and even resulted in more twins (not depicted in the film) getting reunited in real life.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
• The experience of the phantom disc hit a nerve with journalists and the public who too often face what seem like ridiculous hurdles gaining access to government records to better understand what our government is doing.
  — Jennifer Peebles, ajc, 18 Mar. 2022
• The case has hit a nerve in Italy, where chauvinistic attitudes remain deeply rooted at all levels of society, heightening the challenges of addressing violence against women.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• The incident hit a nerve in the city where there has been growing public anger over police violence, including an incident where an off-duty policeman killed a man for allegedly stealing soap from a market, Reuters reported.
  — Abel Alvarado, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
• Something about the teen drama with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey hit a nerve—especially that dance lift, which has developed a mystique of its own—and has continued to enchant audiences all these years.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 17 May 2022
• But the pipes strike a nerve, particularly in Skid Row, home to as many as 1,500 homeless people with substance abuse disorder, and a wide array of drug recovery and prevention groups that serve homeless people throughout the city.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023