21.   He seems to have struck a nerve with people.

22.   If the art she creates provokes, prods and gets people peeved, then she is confident it has sliced through the noise and struck a nerve.

23.   If the rebuff troubled him, Lustiger did not show it, although Lau seemed to have struck a nerve.

24.   It strikes nerves.

25.   More broadly, the issue of part-time employment struck a nerve among people worried about job security and lagging wages.

26.   No matter what the league decides, the debate has already struck a nerve at Valley Ranch.

27.   Oh, how that poppy struck a nerve.

28.   One woman left the country because the cuts struck a nerve in her arm, Palmer said.

29.   Patten struck a nerve when he chided executives for standing by as Beijing tries to stifle democracy in the colony.

30.   Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the screenplay, said he thought the theme of unemployment and the desperate quest for self-respect struck a nerve among audiences.