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When experiencing either emotion, everything — be it a piece of news, the prick of a finger, a conversation with a loved one living thousands of miles away — is magnified.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

A flurry of tests that look for multiple cancers with a single prick are in various stages of development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Older participants regained motor strength and sensory abilities, such as feeling light touch or a pin prick, at levels similar to younger individuals.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026

Sitting in a tattoo studio chair and feeling the ongoing prick of the needle for up to seven hours is a repetitive, almost meditative act that helps ground her in the present moment, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

“I’m so sorry,” I said, feeling tears prick at the back of my eyes.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

The mention of snow in our forecasts always pricks people ears up, whether it is the prospect of sledging and snowball fights, or the threat of travel disruption and school closures.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2024

Resembling a continuous glucose monitor, the device sits on the skin outside the body while the microneedle pricks the skin to sample fluids.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

And when a final showdown arrives — several women and girls chirping out an animalistic warning — the hair on the back of your neck pricks up.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024

Graceffo talked about how her dosage routine had changed from a dozen finger pricks and multiple injections a day to a glucose monitor and pump that continuously measure and administer insulin.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

The day in and day out of needle pricks, scalds, and raw-skinned hands from cooking and scrubbing was wearing on me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“She didn’t like being pricked anymore,” said Oskowski, 44, adding that Maddie was happy to stay for a cold-laser treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

I was more nervous about opening up my medical records to a chatbot than getting my arm pricked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

People blaze a trail so that other people can walk down it without getting pricked by thorns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

At last, after three pricked fingers, I managed to fill the paper outline with red.

From Slate ● May 28, 2025

A distinct stab of jealousy pricked against Ekon’s skin.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

That’s where it started when I was pricking that bubble of comedians who think they’re changing the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

It is only then, once you are still, that a now low, whipping wind, riddled with sand begins pricking and abrading your skin and collecting in the pages of your novel; it is intolerable.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025

Blood obtained by pricking a baby’s heel was collected on filter paper and tested for phenylketonuria, a rare metabolic condition that, if untreated, causes intellectual disability.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2023

The authors found that the three variants were associated with a lower pain threshold in response to skin pricking after prior exposure to mustard oil, but not in response to heat or pressure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

He couldn’t believe that Workman hadn’t noticed Seabiscuit pricking his ears, an unmistakable sign that a horse is not concentrating.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand