goose bumps
Example Sentences
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“I had goose bumps and thought, ‘This is what I love.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
“It gives me goose bumps to know that the vision that we had back then” paid off, Cárdenas said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
On a walk around Central Park this fall, he repeatedly pointed to his forearms to show that the conversation had given him goose bumps.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
When the holiday season approaches, he joked, “our breath smells like bears, and we get goose bumps when we hear the sound of drums.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023
Unlike the room I’d just left, this one was warm, and I felt the goose bumps on my arms melt back into my skin as I slid into a seat at the back.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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