prickle
Example Sentences
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It’s the sort of eulogy that, in Agatha Christie fashion, makes everyone’s skin prickle, and makes them wonder if the killer is in the room.
From New York Times • May 1, 2023
“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
As he signed in, the 30-year-old felt a prickle of hope.
From Washington Post • May 7, 2022
It was the kind of night that caused the skin on the back of David Shew’s neck to prickle.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2017
Soon I felt those kids watching me again, that same old prickle.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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