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Meanings of tender nerve in English
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Usage of tender nerve in English
1
But in vain; the tender nerve was touched; there was no stilling its quivering.
2
The similarity of the album's blues barrage to the White Stripes may be another tender nerve.
3
She had touched a tender nerve.
4
But to speak of him is to touch a very tender nerve and might-But he was very old.
5
The repetitive movements of the shuttle frayed my tender nerves.
6
Woman has the more tender nerves; it is a reed which bends under the gentlest breath of passion.
7
He found the tender nerves of her neck and throat that excited chills in internal places never touched.
8
Frequently there was a lack of grease, and the screeching of the vehicle was rather unpleasant to tender nerves.
9
For, as Plato says, dryness, being an enemy to moisture, unnaturally contracts the spongy and tender nerves of the tongue.
10
And silence continued after he was gone until Caterina Colonna broke it with a laugh that grated on Gian Maria's now very tender nerves.
11
"No wonder Billy's tender nerves went wrong."