gooseflesh

Example Sentences

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The movie’s writer, director and editor, Oren Peli, cleverly turns his technological shortcomings into bonuses, crafting a found-footage story of things going bump in the night with gooseflesh raising inventiveness.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2023

It was July, but overcast and my arms turned to gooseflesh in the breeze.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2021

The last 50 pages provide plenty of twists to satisfy thrill-starved readers, but it’s the final haunting sentence that raises gooseflesh and leaves one reaching to turn up the light.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2019

When it works, says Jerry Lewis, "you get gooseflesh from your fingertips to your toes."

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2017

His hair prickled, and his skin was all gooseflesh.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman