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

12.   For some reason, though, her blunt statement hit a nerve.

13.   For now the McCain candidacy has hit a nerve.

14.   From the start, the Young case seemed to hit a nerve.

15.   He seems to have hit a nerve.

16.   He was sedated but alert enough to tell us if we hit a nerve.

17.   His research has undeniably hit a nerve.

18.   I hit a nerve right away.

19.   In a crime-weary nation numbed by regular reports of sexual assault, this rape clearly hit a nerve.

20.   It apparently hit a nerve and Coley was knocked out.