In response, she flared as if he had struck a ragged nerve.

Adrenaline pulses in spurts through his ragged nerves.

Kirk heard himself shouting, knowing that only betrayed his exhaustion and ragged nerves.

The high wailing of the death-cries went on from inside, fraying my already ragged nerves to shreds.

Every ragged nerve throughout his body screamed for release.

JUST how tap dancing soothes ragged nerves, no one could quite say.

She waited for him to continue speaking, but he simply studied her with a detached speculation that did nothing to soothe her ragged nerves.

The urge to giggle hysterically was fighting with her ragged nerves as she looked up at the comm.

Even now, with all the tsuris his life contained, the simple act of walking in the door soothed his ragged nerves.

Poor thing is nothing but ragged nerves.