The problem is, he seems to have touched a nerve.

Still, the letter had seemed to touch a public nerve.

But once we touched a nerve, things took on a life of their own.

But something about what he saw that morning touched a nerve.

It seemed she'd touched a nerve at last - but with which question?

I knew that, but just now it seemed everything touched a "nerve".

The film has touched a nerve with its view of reality as just a massive computer program.

But the Wells situation, more than any other, touched a nerve with the front office.

The issue has touched a deep nerve in this territory.

That has touched nerves in a land worried about its future.

You just struck a nerve: I've come here to find my brothers.

But last week he just might have struck a collective nerve.

Her face darkened, and he knew he'd struck a nerve.

You never know what about a case will strike a nerve with a jury.

Together, the two issues struck a nerve among environmental groups.

I must have struck a nerve, because soon the inspector had me on the phone.

That proposal seemed to strike a nerve among some readers.

I didn't laugh, though, because what he said struck a nerve somewhere.

A. I think it strikes a raw nerve, particularly in men.

But for this to work it has to strike a real nerve.

The older man had hit a nerve, but Kirk did his best not to show it.

The information hit a nerve in him, and he spoke up.

I obviously hit a nerve and wanted to know what it was.

It hit a nerve that was both personal and professional.

I knew it hit a nerve from the start, when the letters started pouring in.

But it is clear the idea has hit a nerve.

I'd hit a nerve to judge by how fast he shut down his face.

And I think we may have hit a nerve out there.

Obviously there was a future in this business, they'd hit a nerve somewhere.

For everybody who has a sister or a brother, this match may have hit a nerve.