Example Sentences

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“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

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

From Slate • May 28, 2025

A flood of anger and sorrow raged through his body, and tears pricked at the corners of his eyes.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville