Two raw spots pained him where the braces met his shoulders.

Ludmila asked, hoping to flick him on a raw spot.

He knew every raw spot in her soul.

It had touched him on a raw spot.

His blisters had long since broken and the raw spots rubbed with each step.

She turned in time to see him blink when she said it, as if she'd poked a raw spot.

All I did was tear two raw spots above my arches as the iron rubbed sharply.

The words chafed a spot still raw after all these years.

when we stop for the night, take him aside and show him how to pad the raw spots.

But that is not the only or even chief reason why the programme touches an emotional raw spot.