How to Use nerve ending in a Sentence

nerve ending

noun

• This wasn’t a music of minds — or even hearts — so much as nerve endings.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• It is thought to be triggered by chemicals released from the nerve endings in the skin that are poisonous to the melanocyte skin cells.
  — Emily Kirkpatrick, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
• The compound activates nerve endings in the cornea that send a message to the brain translated as pain.
  — Mark Kurlansky, Bon Appétit, 6 Nov. 2023
• The nerve endings in our fingers are triggered; our senses expand.
  — Ligaya Mishan Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Deep burns can destroy the underlying nerve endings and the body goes into shock, limiting the level of pain — in the initial stages.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• My head snapped up, every nerve ending suddenly on alert.
  — Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
• In some ways the impairment is similar to loss of taste as the nose produces less mucus, which helps keep odors in the nose long enough to be detected by nerve endings.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• Stray shots Which is more upsetting, McGee having twice the nerve endings in his mouth, or Torres digging the dental office vibes?
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Turkey feet are almost all tendon and bone, with very little nerve endings or tissue.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
• In the 130-day period, the researchers mapped phantom thermal sensations to nerve endings on the residual arm.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• Mechanoreceptors are just one type of nerve ending in a larger system that controls our sense of touch, called the somatosensory system.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2022
• However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings.
  — Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
• The benefit of this technique is solely based on the anatomy of the vaginal entrance, which has specific nerve endings causing mind-blowing sensations.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 3 Aug. 2023
• Applying brief bursts of electricity to the muscles and nerve endings is another treatment.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
• And soon their prosthetics will directly interface with nerve endings.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2010
• Although a body part is amputated, the peripheral nerve endings remain connected to the brain, and can thus misread that information as pain.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
• But everything about Taylor Russell’s performance feels as naturally electric as a raw nerve ending.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
• Cold therapy constricts blood vessels to reduce inflammation, numbs nerve endings for pain relief, and slows circulation to prevent bruising.
  — Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
• As a result, inflammation reigns: prostaglandins (lipids that form more quickly when tissue is damaged) and pro-inflammatory proteins called cytokines act on nerve endings and ratchet up pain sensitivity.
  — Jena Pincott, Scientific American, 1 June 2018
• The condition affects the microscopic sensory nerves all over the body; the nerve ending damage could be caused by can be various problems including genetics, autoimmune conditions, injury, or diseases.
  — Jenna Birch, Health.com, 20 May 2020

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2024