1.   I had finally touched a nerve.

2.   The death of Phyllis Henley touched these nerves into life.

3.   The theatrical farce touches a nerve.

4.   The wide current appeal of such music seems to touch a nerve of communal masochism.

5.   They also touched a nerve of public anxiety.

6.   It was as if he had touched a nerve, sending tiny shock waves running through her.

7.   Americans are used to seeing British music sensations rocket across the pond and fizzle out soon after landing, but Size seems to have touched a nerve.

8.   And the approach has clearly touched a nerve.

9.   As telephone guerrillas puncturing institutional defenses with their rude crank phone calls, the Jerky Boys have touched a nerve.

10.   Boy, I must have really touched a nerve when I used this space the last time about dull fund-raising banquets and luncheons.