prickle

Example Sentences

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“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

Southampton’s briny scent began to prickle the air; he caught his first glimpse of the sea.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2021

Others will remain to prickle your conscience and your politics; the premise almost seems designed to make you squirm.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

And then, on page 358, the plot picked up: My skin got that proper prickle.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2021

My neck began to prickle and I swung around and stared off across the fields, then back to the hemlocks.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier