prickle

Example Sentences

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“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

And then, on page 358, the plot picked up: My skin got that proper prickle.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2021

It made the skin on the back of my neck prickle.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2019

“For Avignon?” die chaplain’s heart missed a beat, and all his flesh began to prickle and creep.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller