prickle

George thought she had scattered his ashes at Bridlington Harbour, as per his wishes, and said the discovery had made "me feel sick and the hairs prickle on the back of my neck".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“It made the back of my neck prickle from its first pages, and that feeling never went away,” wrote New York Times reviewer Dwight Garner.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022

As he signed in, the 30-year-old felt a prickle of hope.

From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022

It made the skin on the back of my neck prickle.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2019

Kaede felt a prickle of apprehension run down the back of her neck.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Maybe there’s another reason to feel the prickles on the back of your neck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Some hedgehogs arriving at the rescue centre felt like "little empty bags of prickles and very, very slim" due to dehydration, Thompson said.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

Just beware of prickles if you have children or pets.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022

This mildly prickles his assigned roommate, the slightly insecure Ned, who alone among the characters is given a self-explanatory monologue.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2016

A film of sw'eat covers every inch of my skin, the inside of my mouth prickles, my eyes itch, mascara rubbed into their corners.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

And yet reminders of a rather weighty August 1 trade deadline have prickled through Angel Stadium across this weekend series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

Across from a closed-up snack cart, I knelt until the cold concrete prickled my knees.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

The skin prickled on the back of my neck, an involuntary reaction to what roboticists call the “uncanny valley”—the space between flesh and blood and a too-human machine.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

Sweat developed on my forehead; my skin prickled.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2019

His hair prickled, and his skin was all gooseflesh.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

"We show that the phantom touch illusion is described by most subjects as a tingling or prickling, electrifying sensation or as if the wind was passing through their hand."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023

As an adult in Los Angeles, I thought I knew heat — that sizzling dryness that arrives each summer and fall, curing the grasses and prickling the skin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

A vague prickling sensation spread down his face and neck to his chest and back.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

As the numbers rose, I felt a cold, prickling sensation run through my spine.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022

She felt a faint prickling on the back of her neck, as if she had been to that place before.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo