prickle
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George thought she had scattered his ashes at Bridlington Harbour, as per his wishes, and said the discovery had made "me feel sick and the hairs prickle on the back of my neck".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“It made the back of my neck prickle from its first pages, and that feeling never went away,” wrote New York Times reviewer Dwight Garner.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
Southampton’s briny scent began to prickle the air; he caught his first glimpse of the sea.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021
Good ghost stories are hard to spoil; even if you give away the surprises, you can’t unfeel the prickle on your neck.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
A prickle shot up the back of my neck.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
Maybe there’s another reason to feel the prickles on the back of your neck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The bad news hits us with gale force, although apprehension prickles when the ultrasound tech falls silent.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022
Just beware of prickles if you have children or pets.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022
This mildly prickles his assigned roommate, the slightly insecure Ned, who alone among the characters is given a self-explanatory monologue.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2016
The Commandant passes behind me, and my neck prickles unpleasantly.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
It's part of why he feels ironically prickled about reporting Martha, and not Darrien, to the police.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024
And yet reminders of a rather weighty August 1 trade deadline have prickled through Angel Stadium across this weekend series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
Across from a closed-up snack cart, I knelt until the cold concrete prickled my knees.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
The skin prickled on the back of my neck, an involuntary reaction to what roboticists call the “uncanny valley”—the space between flesh and blood and a too-human machine.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
She could not let that happen, but fear prickled her skin.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
"We show that the phantom touch illusion is described by most subjects as a tingling or prickling, electrifying sensation or as if the wind was passing through their hand."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
As an adult in Los Angeles, I thought I knew heat — that sizzling dryness that arrives each summer and fall, curing the grasses and prickling the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
As wildfire smoke blankets large swaths of the eastern United States, many people are experiencing physical symptoms, like prickling, stinging eyes; a scratchy throat; a runny nose; and some coughing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
As the numbers rose, I felt a cold, prickling sensation run through my spine.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
It made her nervous all over, anxiety and anticipation prickling across her skin.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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