Example Sentences

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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

In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

Please bleed more, I thought, looking at my pricked finger.

From Slate • May 28, 2025

As the needle pricked Kazi’s skin, my stomach flipped.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani