51.   The sardonic, testosterone-fueled science fiction of this grunge parable means to hit raw nerves.

52.   The wail of ambulance sirens scraped against already raw nerves.

53.   The wiry Jennings was a bundle of raw nerves as he hurtled from one emotional explosion to the next.

54.   These are people on the edge, their nerves raw from abrasion.

55.   They never had a hint that she might be touching some raw nerve with the government.

56.   They have no proof, no thermometers or gauges, just raw nerves and soaked shirts.

57.   Trade friction between the United States and its major partners is not uncommon, but the steel measures seem to have struck an unusually raw nerve.

58.   While the program is constantly touching raw nerves, though, it is also timely in a more precise way than anyone could have imagined.

59.   A darkly comic film set in a Nazi concentration camp might be expected to touch a raw nerve in Israel.

60.   A movie that depicts police torture has touched a raw nerve.