The phrase "are particularly touchy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or a group that is sensitive or easily offended about a specific topic or situation.
Example: "When discussing politics, my friends are particularly touchy, so I try to avoid the subject."
Alternatives: "are very sensitive" or "are easily offended".
The matter of gun control is particularly touchy in Pennsylvania, another state that remains too close to call.
And the summiteers agreed on a joint commission to study future releases of the over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.This last issue is particularly touchy.
* * * One area where the President is particularly touchy is the often repeated notion, in Washington and elsewhere, that if he only courted and/or punished members of Congress more aggressively he would get more legislation through the House and Senate.
One area where the President is particularly touchy is the often repeated notion, in Washington and elsewhere, that if he only courted and/or punished members of Congress more aggressively he would get more legislation through the House and Senate.
The report was particularly touchy because it came less than two months after the distribution of another National Drug Intelligence Center study that had portrayed the drug trafficking situation in Mexico in stark terms, prompting complaints from the Mexican government.
The issue is particularly touchy in Europe, because European Commission directives protecting the single market are intended to allow banks based in one member state to operate freely in others.
But Italians have been particularly touchy about French raiders coming across the Alps since 2011, when Lactalis, a French dairy company, succeeded in a hostile bid for control of Parmalat, an Italian rival that had earlier been hit by an accounting scandal.
That would be sensitive for any major company that has government contracts, but it would be particularly touchy for Halliburton, since the company is in the oil services industry and its stock price is heavily influenced by the price of oil, which could be affected by United States energy policy.
